Why doesn't Turkey speak up on Iran nuclear issue?
While so many are focused on the Iran nuclear talks, Turks have remained surprisingly quiet on a major issue unfolding just next door.
If the talks in Geneva between Iran and P5+1 end with an agreement on Iran’s nuclear program, they are likely to open a new chapter for not only Iran’s relations with the West, but also for the entire Middle East. However, another key country in the same region, Turkey, is conspicuously silent on this matter.
Neither President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, nor Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, nor the Turkish Foreign Ministry has said anything recently about the Geneva talks.
Meanwhile, the Turkish press, including the staunchly pro-government media, is showing almost zero interest in the matter. Turkey, as a whole, seems quite uninterested. But why?
There is no sensational answer to this question. The answer is rather a combination of Turkey’s increasing insularity, its failed dreams of fixing its own deal between Iran and the West, and its mixed feelings toward its Persian neighbor.
