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Turkey is a strategically for the West and an ally to the United States. Since it represents an important hub in the western camp during the Cold War and before the fall of the Soviet Union, as one of the closest NATO countries geography of the former Soviet Union. Turkey has one of the largest US military bases abroad, a "Incirlik” Air base South Turkey. After fall off the Soviet Union continued Role Turkey Especially at Second Gulf war In 1991, what is known Kuwait Release war , and then participated Turkey Also in the war US On Afghanistan In 2001. (Elbasel, 2012. p440)
Relations between Turkey and the United States continued during the long years, without faced with serious challenges. Those relations have represented a central issue of Turkish policy, as the United States molar pole in the security policies of Turkey, did not occur conceptual changes and cognitive boss, only the imposed by global changes and post-cold war environment. Especially after Attacks of September 2001. (Mahfoud 2012. p223)
Since "justice and development party to power in 2002. Turkey began a new policy, which is trying to get out of the mantle of American strategic region for implementation of the strategy of Turkey. Turkish interests in the first place, and support its position and influence in the region, after asking the United States to the greater Middle East project on 28 January 2004 during former US President Bush meeting with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the White House. Turkey tried to draft his replacement is Middle Eastern Union on Like the European Union so that the people of the Middle East are the beneficiaries of its bounty. However, this project did not attract the attention of Foreign Ministers during their geographical proximity posed by Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul – at that time-Foreign Ministers Summit on geographical proximity in Kuwait on 14 February 2004. (Khammash, 2010. p66)
The events of 11 September 2001 followed by the deterioration of the international institutions and deterioration the global system, which resulted in the invasion of Afghanistan and Iraq and increased Israeli orgy in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip. There were several claims to reform this mono leverage global systemm. (Alqattoury, 2012. p258)
The United States has formed a pressure factor on Turkey to stop any escalation against "Israel". The intervention of the American administration comes directly to resolving the political differences between the governments of Turkey and Israel. Claim both sides to stop remarks toward each after the statements made by Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan in May 2004, Describing Israel as terrorist state, following the massacres committed against the Palestinians. (Khammash, 2010. p70)
The refused of the Turkish parliament allowing the US troops to use Turkish territory to invade Iraq in 2003. Represented an unexpected process for the United States. Left a deep wound in the relationship between the two parties at the end of the first period of rule by President Bush, also raised US suspicions about Turkey as a strategic ally can rely on him time Crisis represented.(Anani, 2010. p149)
Even so, both parties Turkey and the United States, has no longer any mutually enemy or adversary. On the contrary, that gives them a priority in their calculations about the security and defense, as well as national interests for both. Ahmet Davutoğlu has gone in his first speech after assuming the Foreign Ministry that "the two countries should be together; in addition that the United States should reconsider some of its policies here and there and US need help at many areas, like the Middle East".(Mahfoud 2012. p251)
Omar Taşpinar, director of the Turkey program Brookings Institution in Washington: Say, "lead Turkey at the current time Islamic moderate Government pro -Western Fairly large. US believes that Turkey is the Optimization Sample Project in the Middle East, which seeks to apply. And Turkey will not be a Muslim Country, because army will not allow so, as long as Ataturk thoughts live in the country, Turkey was Represent Major Importance in the Cold war because of its location, either right now turkey very important for US as it is now". (Khammash, 2010. p63)
Obama’s election to the presidency of the United States and his successful visits to Turkey and his secretary of state after a short period of the election, a change in the Turkish public opinion toward the United States has led. During the previous period, US tried to improve its image among the Islamic world from during collection steps toward the Islamic world including Turkey, which Obama had visited in 2009, and suggested a model for cooperation between Turkeys with US can whereby overcome on differences religious and cultural between Europe with Christian majority and the Islamic world. Turks analysts determine the difference between Bush, who deal with Turkey as an Islamic moderate state and Obama who talk about Turkey as a secularism democracy state arrived to that by herself. That was a letter expression about waiver US fort Seeking to introduce democracy to the Middle East. (Lindenstrauss, 2010. p12)
Therefore, the new US administration is well aware of how important the position of Turkey, and its role in important issues in American foreign policy, especially the situation in the Palestinian territories, and the process of political settlement. (Khammash, 2010. p73) Despite the change Turkey's relations conditions with Israel. In addition, the fact that the Palestinian issue emotional issue for the Turks and the Turkish leadership, especially Erdogan, who expressed his strong emotions among the Turkish people, the vision of the Turkish leadership of the Hamas as a legitimately and effective Palestinian leadership, these convictions are different than they are to the United States.(Hamad & others,2012. p79)
Although American resentment of Turkish foreign policy in supporting the Palestinians against Israeli practices. Especially after the Israeli aggression on Gaza, and the criticism sharp from Ankara to "Tel Aviv". Nevertheless, that the US are still keen to keep the alliance with Turkey. This confirms what was said by Secretary of State Rice when her visit Ankara on 7 March 2009, "Turkey is a friend at all times", and she thanked “military of Turkey for his contribution into the NATO mission in Afghanistan. Its investments in the Iraq, and the role of Ankara in the Syrian - Israeli peace process, outstanding at the current time. (Khammash, 2010. p73)
In American views of Turkey's policy and its role in the Palestinian issue, there are two visions of the role of Turkey. (Elbasel, 2012. p440):
First: See that the US administration does not reject the Turkish role in the Palestinian issue, because they know that there is Turkey will not overtake a red line in its relations with the West or Israel. Instead of Iran - the strong player at Region In the issue of the Palestinian - which dealing with issue much higher than Turkey. The US wants an Islamic moderate attracts Hamas toward moderation at Counter the influence of Iran threatens to the Israel security. The United States has become aware of the difficulties faced in the region. Sees Turkey’s strategic reserves can rely on him to form stability and an urgent need in the complex crises factor.
The researcher sees that the United States needs to the Turkish role in many regional issues that could not be resolved directly, such as the problem of the Iranian nuclear threat.
Second: Sees that the (JDP) adopt an Islamic vision of politics. According to Soner Jagaptaa - the program Director of Turkish Researches at Institute of Washington-, “The (JDP) sees everything through the prism of the civilization conflict. Could not be an honest mediator .This became clear when the party became the defender about the Islamic side when allowed himself to involve between Hamas and the Palestinian Authority or between Europe and Iran."
The conservative commentators in WASHINGTON dreams alliance between Greece, Israel and Iraq Kurdistan to weaken Turkey. In a closed meeting to the members of the "Heritage Foundation "- Corporation Thinking that is one of the conservative’s strongholds at WASHINGTON - heard Strongly Expression “Must be Punish Turkey ".
The New York Times journalist considered that the shift in Turkey’s foreign policy makes the prime minister,- at that time- Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a hero to the Arab world, and involves a direct challenge to the United States style in dealing with the most pressing two issues in the region, Iran's nuclear program and Palestinian - Israeli peace process. (Taghyan, 2011. p251)