Erdogan, who is to meet with Trump during a visit Tuesday to Washington, is expected to express his anger at the USA president's decision to arm Kurdish fighters in Syria in preparation for an attack on Raqqa, the Syrian city serving as the capital of the Islamic State.
The Turkish government opposes the US plan to provide equipment including mortars and armored cars to the Kurdish militia group YPG in Syria, which it regards as a terrorist group linked to the separatist Kurdish PKK in southeast Turkey.
Turkey's military operation in northern Syria was effectively limited by both the US and Russian Federation, and the whole affair was halted a while ago.
Ankara, a crucial partner in the USA -led coalition against Islamic State, considers the YPG an extension of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), which has waged an insurgency in Turkey's mainly Kurdish southeast for three decades and is designated a terrorist group by Turkey, the European Union and United States.
Turkey approved the U.S.to fly attack and strike aircraft from Incirlik beginning in 2015, including close-air support missions conducted by A-10 Thunderbolts.
However, the strategic partnership between them has been strained by conflicting priorities in the Syrian war.
Yayla said he believes Erdogan will use the USA lease on the vital Incirlik air base in southern Turkey as leverage to pressure Trump to accede to his demands. Syrian Kurdish-led forces say they are carrying out mine-clearing operations at the country's largest dam and the nearby town of Tabqa a day after seizing them from Islamic State militants.
The United States sees few alternatives to supporting the YPG, which forms a major part of the Syrian Democratic Forces advancing on Raqqa, if it is to achieve the goal of crushing Islamic State in Syria.
Guiliani's ties with both Trump and Turkey have been under intense scrutiny by the Manhattan judge in the Iran sanctions case, who asked at one point whether Giuliani was working for Erdogan or Zarrab.
The SDF operation was backed by heavy airstrikes from the US -led coalition, and civilians trapped in the fighting were terrified.
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The decision is linked to the effort to retake the city of Raqqa.
The president, on the other hand, rightly considers the YPG the most effective boots on the ground in Syria against Islamic State, and is preparing it for the coming battles to eradicate Islamic State control of Syrian territory.
Trump's back-slap came despite Turkey's main opposition parties questioning the legitimacy of the narrow result, and despite human rights concerns sparked by the arrest and detention of tens of thousands of teachers, police, journalists and others accused of opposition to Erdogan's government.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivers his speech at the.
Erdogan, who meets with Trump at the White House in the afternoon, has been lobbying for the release of Reza Zarrab, who is charged with acting as a go-between to help Iran's revolutionary guards and other Tehran clients evade us sanctions. But if the USA made a decision to call that bluff, Erdogan would not have many viable options.
Turkish Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag voiced disappointment about what Turkey sees as the USA reluctance to extradite Fethullah Gulen, a Pennsylvania-based cleric accused by Erdogan of being the mastermind of last year's coup attempt.
Another issue Erdogan may pursue with Trump is the extradition of Fethullah Gulen.
"That would be a very good start", Aydin said. But Gulen has a liberal following in Turkey and elsewhere, and he may just be a convenient scapegoat for Erdogan.
USA officials have said they are confident they can keep the YPG from taking over Raqqa, but Turkey is doubtful.
The article originally appeared at The Arab Weekly.
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