America’s new trap for Türkiye and Azerbaijan.
These days, the Turkish media and political circles are constantly talking about a controversial figure whose statements about US-Turkey relations and the outcome of the Syria and Palestine cases have attracted everyone’s attention.
This controversial person is Tom Barak, the US ambassador to Turkey, who is also known as Trump’s special envoy for the Syrian case.
Tom Barak, of Lebanese descent, who was previously active in the field of business and has a long history of doing business with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, has special credibility with Erdogan and the foreign policy team of the presidential institution. Because Ankara hopes that under the influence of his activities and mediation, both Ankara-Washington relations will improve and Turkey will enjoy a better position in the Syrian case.
This time, in an interview with the Turkish TV channel Haber Türk in Ankara, Barak openly supported the idea that Turkey and Azerbaijan should simultaneously sign the Abraham Accords, a normalization agreement with Israel, and join the ranks of Israel’s allies. Barak’s proposal was met with widespread reactions from Turkish newspapers, media, and political analysts, but Erdogan’s government officials remained silent about it.