Turkey - Obama Presidency Oral History Back Turkey Index / Locations Transcripts Jeffrey Bader ...In present day, of course, you've got Turkey with this fellow [Fethullah] Güle... Frank Rose ...Europe, to both our allies in Turkey , Romania, Greece, and Bulgaria, but U... ...in southeastern Europe—if possible, Turkey —that could look into Iran and hel... ...“Well, why don't you put a radar in Turkey and use Aegis ships, if you are reall... ...forward with the radar deployment in Turkey —if we can negotiate it. That's a whol... Charles Kupchan ...of this huge influx of migrants from Turkey to Greece and from Greece furthe... ...of Iraq and the Levant] over here and Turkey over here and sixteen different ethni... ...to provide significant funding to Turkey in return for Turkey's willingness t... ...funding to Turkey in return for Turkey 's willingness to keep most of th... ...to keep most of the migrants in Turkey and to prevent them from flowing acros... ...is that the deal that was struck with Turkey more or less succeeded, and the flo... ...on, we were also having to deal with Turkey and its role in Syria, which is a whol... Show more... Victoria Nuland ...countries in the Baltic States and in Turkey were nervous about Russia... ...we're going to run out of time. Because Turkey and the Europeans are part of th... ...portfolio, and then as the manager for Turkey . And the Turks were very upset wit... ...things, so there were many trips to Turkey , many interagency conversations o... ...ask, also, about your role working with Turkey , especially on the counter-ISI... ...prevent refugees from fleeing into Turkey ; that that would create a safe zon... ...Big debate. And most of us on the Turkey side of the policy wanted to put mor... ...phone calls, many trips with Biden to Turkey . Then, of course, there's at thi... ...And we're simultaneously working with Turkey on Cyprus at that point as well. Jus... ...rich waters—that plus the fact that Turkey needed energy, Egypt, Israel. So Cypru... ...irritant between Greece and Turkey , our two NATO allies. And again, thi... ...as well. I can't remember if we went to Turkey on that trip or if we just talked t... ...to ease long-standing tensions between Turkey and Greece, two NATO allies. But yo... ...But you increasingly had not only Turkey but Israel, Egypt, the souther... ...tension. Because the government of Turkey was starting to send its ships seekin... ...and gas off of Egypt. There were other Turkey projects that were ongoing. They ar... ...security opinion when they are told by Turkey that it has a right to drill where it'... ...on a couple of points. At that point Turkey comes to us and says, “Look, we've pu... ...were agreed. “Yes, you've always wanted Turkey to push the Turkish Cypriots, an... ...sees this as bad faith on the part of Turkey , doesn't think that Eroğlu can make ... ...that Eroğlu can make a deal without Turkey , and Turkey is misbehaving. He freeze... ...can make a deal without Turkey, and Turkey is misbehaving. He freezes the talk... ...sides welcomed that, as does Turkey , as does Greece, as do we. I was luck... ...government interlocutor with Erdoğan in Turkey and had a pretty good relationship wit... ...leader-level support in both Greece and Turkey . I remember feeling like more of th... ...the fraying of trust between the US and Turkey over Syria. So as we were fighting ove... ...than when we left office—in the US- Turkey relationship. But if both sides of th... Show more... Dan Feldman ...in the late '60s. So we moved to Turkey when I was a year old, and I grew u... ...of Ankara. They continued to return to Turkey regularly. We spent sabbatical years... Jen Psaki ...We were in a bilateral meeting with Turkey at the time, and David Wade, who wa... Richard Nephew ...we did in the UAE, or did in Turkey , or did in South Korea for a while... ...in were to all those places: UAE, Turkey , South Korea, Japan, Indonesia, place... Rafaai M. Hamo ...I was in a country that was not my own— Turkey , that was not suitable for m... ...I never been, I'm not used to, which is Turkey . It was not easy to be in tha... ...wanted to ask a bit about that time in Turkey when I know you were processing you... ...resulting from the work experiment in Turkey and its explosion and so forth. I wa... ...in Syria or going as refugees, being in Turkey especially with all the conflict... ...on between these ethnicities even in Turkey . So, the treatment as refugee wasn'... ...with the accident that happened in Turkey with explosion in my lab and more tha... ...never heard the story about his lab in Turkey . I had read about his experience wit... ...I understood that seeking healthcare in Turkey was very difficult. I would just lik... ...What I know is that you were in Turkey , and while you were in Turkey, you ha... ...were in Turkey, and while you were in Turkey , you had stomach cancer, and you face... ...cancer, and you faced obstacles in Turkey in seeking treatment. This is that w... ...respect to the events that happened in Turkey with you. But was the incidence of th... ...out the experimental project. So, Turkey knew it fully when I executed th... ...started it in Syria but executed it in Turkey . This is the experiment that they ble... ...is the experiment that they blew up in Turkey . Why? So that we do not develop it... ...years even during the war, going to Turkey . Even when I was in Turkey, I have th... ...going to Turkey. Even when I was in Turkey , I have the experiment in my lab an... ...wherever I am, wherever in Syria, in Turkey , I wanted to continue. Now in America... ...same thing. If I had my son who is in Turkey here, I would have accomplished more... Show more... Load more Transcripts Related Topics go to the Supreme Court Supreme Court go to the Atlantic Relations Atlantic Relations go to the Women and Girls Women and Girls go to the Veterans Veterans go to the Democrats Democrats