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Upon arriving in Ankara, the head of American diplomacy realized that he is not welcome in Turkey. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan also avoided the meeting with the American secretary, suddenly announcing that he will not be present, while the climate for the US in the country is "frozen".
"Collaborator in the massacre of Gaza", he was characterized as such by the banners of the demonstrators in Istanbul, while at dawn the demonstrators tried to occupy an American base in the north of Turkey.
Meanwhile, the meeting of the American Foreign Minister with his Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan started shortly before 10 am.
In any case, Blinken's expectations of his visit to Turkey were low, and it is assumed that he delayed his arrival in Ankara (contacts with Turkish officials were supposed to be made on Sunday, but were made this morning) and decided suddenly to visit Iraq, after Egypt, Jordan, the Palestinian Authority, Cyprus.
After all, Erdogan himself has made it clear that Turkey does not consider Hamas a terrorist organization, while recalling the Turkish ambassador to Tel Aviv.
The Turkish president, announcing yesterday from his hometown, Rizunda, that he will visit a neighboring border region today to inspect development projects, avoided a meeting with Blinken.
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