US Relations - Visualizing Conflict Interest (sitios de interés)
Descripción del sitio
U.S.-Turkish friendship dates to the late 18th century and was officially sealed by a treaty in 1830. The present close relationship began with the agreement of July 12, 1947, which implemented the Truman Doctrine. As part of the cooperative effort to further Turkish economic and military self-reliance, the United States has loaned and granted Turkey more than $7 billion in economic aid and more than $14 billion in military assistance over several years.U.S.-Turkish relations focus on areas such as strategic energy cooperation, trade and investment, security ties, regional stability, counterterrorism, and human rights progress. Relations were strained when Turkey refused in March 2003 to allow U.S. troops to deploy through its territory to Iraq in Operation Iraqi Freedom, but regained momentum steadily thereafter, and mutual interests remain strong across a wide spectrum of issues. Turkey currently allows the use of Incirlik Air Base for the transport of non-lethal cargo in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom. On July 5, 2006, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul signed a Shared Vision Statement to highlight the common values and goals between the two countries and to lay out a framework for increased strategic dialogue. During a November 5, 2007 meeting in Washington with Prime Minister Erdogan, President George W. Bush committed to provide greater assistance to Turkey in its fight against terrorism from the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK or Kongra Gel), which he characterized as a "common enemy" of Turkey, Iraq, and the United States. He reiterated this commitment during President Gul's January 8, 2008, White House visit.
President Barack Obama paid a historic visit to Turkey April 5-7, 2009, the first bilateral visit of his presidency. During the visit, he spoke before the Turkish Parliament and outlined his vision of a model U.S.-Turkish partnership based on mutual interests and mutual respect. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has also prioritized the U.S.-Turkey relationship, and visited Turkey in March 2009 and July 2011. On December 7, 2009, Prime Minister Erdogan and President Obama launched the Framework for Strategic Economic and Commercial Cooperation (FSECC), a new cabinet-level initiative focused on boosting trade and investment ties. The inaugural FSECC meeting was held in Washington in October 2010. In addition to the new framework, the U.S. and Turkey hold meetings of the Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) Council and Economic Partnership Commission (EPC). As of June 2011, bilateral trade had increased by 50% since 2010 from $6.9 billion to $10.4 billion, with U.S. exports to Turkey up 58% from $4.9 billion to $7.8 billion and Turkish exports to the United States up 32% from $2.0 billion to $2.6 billion. This puts Turkey very close to its all-time record of exports to the U.S., and its export growth to the U.S. is outpacing export growth to the rest of the world (32% vice 23%).
Principal U.S. Officials
Ambassador--Francis J. Ricciardone, Jr.
Deputy Chief of Mission--Jess L. Baily
Counselors
Political Affairs--Yuri Kim
Political-Military Affairs--Edward G. Stafford
Economic Affairs--Laird Treiber
Regional Affairs--Thomas Sylvester
Consular Affairs--Laurence Tobey
Management Affairs--Richard Jaworski
Public Affairs--Mark Wentworth
Agricultural Affairs--Clay Hamilton
Commercial Affairs--Michael Lally
Senior Defense Official--Brig. Gen. James “Ed” Daniel
The U.S. Embassy is located at 110 Ataturk Boulevard, Kavaklidere, Ankara 06100, tel: (90) (312) 455-5555.