00:00Regional actors are gaining greater strategic autonomy.
00:05Economic interdependence continues while geopolitical competition is deepening.
00:10New power politics came up with new issues based on technological competition.
00:16Our countries therefore have to manage all these systemic regional and technological transformations at the same time.
00:26Esteemed participants, the history of Turkey and the United States relations is in many ways a summary of the world
00:34history over the past century.
00:36The strength of the relationship between our countries does not come from a pattern of constant and linear progress.
00:44It comes from its capacity for functional adaptation.
00:49It comes from its ability to change function in response to changing conditions.
00:55If we go back a century, newly established Turkish Republic's priorities were diplomatic normalization and sovereign recognition.
01:05At that stage, military alliance was not on the agenda.
01:09For two centuries, the real strategic transformation came after the Second World War.
01:15Post-war period fundamentally changed the dynamics of Turkey-United States relations.
01:22The relationship moved from diplomatic engagement towards strategic embeddedness.
01:28After that point, Turkey became part of the European and the Mediterranean security environment.
01:34Turkey's decision to send troops to the Korean War and its accession to NATO in 1952 were among the most
01:42visible stages of this transformation.
01:44Turkey's military capabilities, identified by NATO's own historical accounts, as a key element for the alliance future.
01:53Distinguished guests, during the Cold War, our countries faced common strategic threats.
02:00Yet a common threat did not mean identical interests.
02:04Issues such as Cyprus and crisis in defense relations produced serious disagreements.
02:11However, alliances are not always built on complete agreement.
02:16Successful alliances have mechanisms to manage divergence.
02:20In this way, they prevent disagreements from consuming the alliance as a whole.
02:26While the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the relationship could have lost its importance.
02:32Instead, the relationship acquired new functions.
02:37The Balkans, the Gulf, Iraq, Afghanistan, the Black Sea, counterterrorism, and energy security all became part of the agenda.
02:47Ladies and gentlemen, as I have just summarized, the most striking feature of the past hundred years is not that
02:55our countries always agreed.
02:57The point is that they continue to speak to one another even during the most difficult periods.
03:04This is an important part of the strategic resilience of the Turkey-United States relations.
03:11Over time, our common areas of cooperation have created an institutional habit of dialogue.
03:18The dialogue is extremely important for the future of the relations.
03:22As we have seen throughout the history of bilateral relations, strong political will and dialogue of the leadership make it
03:30much easier for countries to understand each other's priorities.
03:34Today, the direct dialogue between the President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and President Donald Trump has created room for movement on
03:42issues that have remained unresolved for years.
03:46Their direct engagement has helped create a more constructive atmosphere and has demonstrated once again the importance of high-level
03:56political leadership in the Turkish-American relations.
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