Davutoglu nieuwe leider AKP

Geen categorie22 aug 2014, 13:00

Minister van Buitenlandse Zaken.

Turkije heeft een nieuwe premier (want leider van de AKP): Ahmet Davutoglu, de minister van Buitenlandse Zaken. De Wall Street Journal legt uit wat voor vlees we in de kuip hebben:

After a stint as a professor of international relations, Mr. Davutoglu was tapped to serve as Mr. Erdogan's foreign-policy adviser and, in 2009, as foreign minister. His tenure was initially marked by widespread acclaim for his "zero problems" policy—a sharp break from Turkey's eight decades of a pro-Western orientation—in which Ankara sought to expand influence across former Ottoman lands through free-trade and visa-free travel agreements.

But Turkey's rising influence in the Middle East began to wane as a series of Arab uprisings turned into sectarian conflicts in 2011. Though Mr. Davutoglu publicly warned of rising sectarian tensions across the Middle East, Turkey became increasingly embroiled in the region's conflicts.

Turkey has been one of the most outspoken critics of Israel, a longtime ally, while relations with Egypt have been icy in the wake of Turkey's support for the Muslim Brotherhood government that was deposed last year. Turkey also has been accused of supporting jihadists in Syria in a bid to topple President Bashar al-Assad, a charge Mr. Davutoglu has vociferously denied.

Het goede nieuws is dat Davutoglu bijna geen politieke bondgenoten heeft (omdat hij een academicus) is. Het slechte nieuws? De man is verantwoordelijk voor Turkijes vreselijke buitenlands beleid van de afgelopen jaren... en is niets meer of minder dan een secretaris van Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Hij moet later nog officieel worden benoemd door het Parlement, maar dat zal geen problemen opleveren. De AKP doet namelijk gewoon wat Erdogan wil.

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