Sinan Ulgen, Columnist

How Biden and Erdogan Can End the Turkish-American Standoff

As the two presidents prepare for their first meeting, a deal on the S-400 missile defense system is possible.

June 9, 2021 at 4:00 AM UTC

Sinan Ulgen is the executive chairman of Istanbul-based think tank EDAM and a visiting scholar at Carnegie Europe in Brussels.

The bar for understanding is high.
Photographer: Anadolu Agency/Anadolu

Provide news feedback or report an error

Site feedback:

Take our Survey

This article is for subscribers only.

For decades, Turkey was considered a partner of strategic importance by American presidents. Barack Obama visited the country on his first official trip abroad. Donald Trump had a regular dialogue with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

With Joe Biden, the nature of this relationship has changed.