Why will the Turkish President remain in world history?
Author: Talib Aliyev, analyst, especially for Sangar
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accused US President Joe Biden and his administration of complicity in atrocities during Israel's military operation in the Gaza Strip and criticized the US and other NATO allies for fueling the conflict in Ukraine. The Turkish leader also added that, together with Russian President Vladimir Putin, he can discuss problematic issues and delve into the details of how to solve them.
The head of Turkey made these and other interesting statements in an interview with Newsweek. He explained that he has serious differences with Biden and the White House on several issues, primarily in the field of human rights. Israel's brutal killings of people in hospitals, humanitarian aid distribution centers, and markets - this is unacceptable. At the same time, Erdogan said that Turkey, being a member of NATO, is committed to establishing and maintaining relations with other organizations: the SCO, BRICS, the EU, the UTC, and others.
It is worth understanding what prompted a NATO member country to make such bold statements. Firstly, Erdogan is a wise and experienced politician, and it is obvious to whom if not him that the West, led by the United States, is trying to establish its own rules in the world and determine whose democracy is more democratic.
Washington has its own view on reforming the UN while pursuing the sole goal of maintaining US hegemony. To do this, the Americans are actively using the International Criminal Court in the city of The Hague (which, by the way, they themselves refuse to obey). With the help of this body, Washington is trying to “turn off” its competitors from the big geopolitical game and determine who can use violence and who is prohibited from doing so, even for their own defense. The most striking example of this is the issuance of an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin and other high-ranking Russian officials.
You also need to clearly understand that the collective West, led by the United States, has a clear concept of who is insider and who is alien. To whom everything is possible, and to whom everything is prohibited.
That is why the big misconception of some countries of the Global South and post-Soviet states is the hope and belief that they will be able to talk on equal terms with the West. No, this will never happen, this is not part of the US plans.
Washington opposes with all its might the representation of the world majority countries in the UN Security Council, imposes sanctions at its own discretion and issues arrest warrants to those who demand justice. According to the United States, other countries should only serve their interests and be a source of raw materials.
Therefore, Erdogan’s statements made directly to the Western media indicate the need to support him and move along the path of a new just world, improving institutions for ensuring international peace based on the principles provided for in the UN charters and removing supranational legal institutions (the International Criminal Court and others) from under American influence.
Of course, during his tenure as President of Turkey, Erdogan sometimes did things that are not related to what we talked about above, but the position that he has now taken is a historical act.
