What It Could Mean If Erdogan’s ‘Turkish-Iranian-Russian Alliance’ Proposal Could Mean For The Rest Of The World

In a telephone conversation with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Tuesday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan expressed his willingness to cooperate closely with Iran and Russia “to settle regional crises and restore peace and stability to the region.” But what do Russian political analysts make of the Turkish leader’s proposals?

As expected, the main topic of discussion between the Iranian and Turkish leaders during Tuesday’s phone call was the failed military coup attempt that rocked Ankara on Friday night. Rouhani emphasized that Iran welcomed the return of stability in Turkey, and praised “the great maturity of the Turkish people, who showed during this coup attempt that strong-arm tactics have no place in our region.”

 But the two leaders also touched on the situation in the Middle East as a whole, and seem to have come to a consensus that there are global forces who are not satisfied with the idea of tranquility in the region. For his part, President Rouhani noted he has no doubt that together with the terrorists, there are also “some superpowers” trying to destabilize things.Commenting on the conversation, Svobodnaya Pressa columnist Svetlana Gomzikova wrote that “it was not difficult to guess that Rouhani was referring to the United States, which has left quite a mark on the region over the last two decades.”

“Perhaps even more surprising was the proposal by the Turkish president to establish a tripartite alliance consisting of Ankara, Tehran and Moscow,” she added.

President Erdogan, she recalled, thanked Rouhani for his call and indicated that Turkey is “even more determined to work hand-in-hand with Iran and Russia to resolve regional issues and to strengthen our efforts to return peace and stability to the region.”



“What was this?” Gomzikova asked. “Is the Turkish President really ready to cooperate with Iran, with which Ankara has always had serious disagreements, in spite of the US? Or has the vector of Erdogan’s interests really changed following recent events? And in general, how can such an alliance change the regional picture in the context of the Syrian crisis?”

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