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In Ankara, reporting on diplomacy, EU-Turkey ties, NATO
Ezgi Akin is Al-Monitor’s correspondent in Anakara and associate editor of the Turkey Pulse. Prior to joining Al-Monitor, she covered the foreign policy beat in the country for over a decade, working for various Turkish media outlets as well as international media. Akin is a Fulbright alumna.
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![Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L) speaks with UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Indian President Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the G-7 summit, June 14, 2024, Apulia, Italy.](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/2024-06/2024-06-14-Italya-029.jpg?h=1fdd7e1b&itok=6Zg11snT)
![In this pool photograph distributed by Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin (L) attends a meeting with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan (R) in Moscow on June 11, 2024.](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/2024-06/GettyImages-2156546151%20copy.jpeg?h=a5ae579a&itok=G2v9aB9o)
![Minister of Foreign Affairs Hakan Fidan meets with Sergei Shoigu, Secretary of the Russian Federation Security Council, in Moscow, June 10, 2024.](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/2024-06/turk.jpg?h=7eeabb12&itok=Eh8pI2Tb)
![A Boeing 737 aircraft of Emirati airline FlyDubai is seen on the tarmac of Sulaimaniyah Airport in Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region on August 2, 2020, as the airport resumes flight operations following the COVID-19 lockdown.](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/2024-06/GettyImages-1227879444.jpg?h=a5ae579a&itok=UuUfhlVs)
![Hamas' political bureau chief Ismail Haniyeh addresses supporters during a rally in solidarity with the Palestinians outside Qatar's Imam Muhammad Abdel-Wahhab Mosque in the capital Doha on May 15, 2021. - Qatar's Foreign Minister hosted the political chief of Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas and called for an end to Israel's bombardment of Gaza, state media said. (Photo by KARIM JAAFAR / AFP) (Photo by KARIM JAAFAR/AFP via Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/2024-06/GettyImages-1232911536.jpg?h=0d495472&itok=4nKYedt2)
![The Soloturk aerobatic demonstration team of the Turkish Air Force flies an F-16 aircraft over Anitkabir, the mausoleum of Turkish Republic's Founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, during celebrations to mark the 100th anniversary of the Republic of Turkey in Ankara, on October 29, 2023. Turkey marked its centenary as a post-Ottoman republic on October 29, 2023, with somewhat muted celebrations held in the shadow of Israel's escalating war with Hamas militants in Gaza. (Photo by Adem ALTAN / AFP) (Photo by ADEM ALT](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/2024-06/GettyImages-1752451943%20%281%29.jpg?h=8dbc1409&itok=1PC3H_cc)
![Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan is on a visit to Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in northwest China Photo Credit: @HakanFidan on X](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/2024-06/Fidan%20Xinjiang.jpeg?h=74328444&itok=8oXPKrdt)
Analysis
![Turkish Foreign Minister, Hakan Fidan (C) welcomes his Chinese counterpart and Director of the Office of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission, Wang Yi (R) in Ankara, on July 26, 2023.](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/2024-06/GettyImages-1556334711_0.jpg?h=1d34674f&itok=bBGdb09T)
![met with Chen Wenqing, member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and Head of the Commission for Political and Legal Affairs of the CPC Central Committee, in Beijing](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/2024-06/Fidan%20China.jpeg?h=74328444&itok=1gOrZyDQ)
![A teller counts US dollar bills at an exchange office in Ankara, Turkey, July 20, 2023.](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/2024-06/GettyImages-1544254363.jpg?h=a5ae579a&itok=YWERwYhg)