Why is Biden coming to Turkey?

A scandal has erupted between two allies, the U.S. and Turkey. On a speech delivered on Oct. 2; U.S. Vice President Joe Biden had mentioned Turkey’s relations to organizations like the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and had said President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan regretted foreign fighters’ passage to Syria via Turkey. It was then stated that he apologized to Erdoğan because of this statement. Although two weeks ago he said “I did not apologize,” we thought the issue was closed.

Or, the U.S.’ desire to use Ä°ncirlik base in the war against ISIL; this issue was also closed when Turks had said “No, unless there is a no fly zone in Syria.”  On the Cyprus issue, negotiations have fallen apart. So what will Biden tell Erdoğan?

They are planning it. Prior to Biden’s visit, U.S. chairman of the joint Chief of Staff Martin Dempsey went to Baghdad. And then went on a surprise visit to Arbil to meet Masoud Barzani. As Qasem Suleimani, the head of Iranian intelligence has been publishing pictures together with the Peshmerga from the front in Iraq; the U.S. has come to the field as well.

According to my sources, an alternative was sought in Arbil to the question “If not İncirlik where else,” for the drones that were deployed in İncirlik in October 2011 following a memorandum of understanding signed between Turkey and the U.S. This is an issue that will strengthen the hands on the negotiations with Turks. But there is also the rumors that came about with the CNN story that Obama’s administration has expanded its strategy by targeting the Bashar al-Assad regime. There are some talks that the security zones that Turkey has been asking for will be built.

They are playing it. Look at the stories that have been...