AHI Welcomes “Turkey: An Increasingly Undependable Ally” Report

The BPC's Turkey Task Force is co-chaired by Ambassador Eric Edelman, former U.S. ambassador to Turkey and Ambassador Morton Abramowitz, former U.S. ambassador to Turkey.

AHI President Nick Larigakis stated of the document, "We welcome the report published by the Bipartisan Policy Center's Turkey Task Force...It draws much-needed added attention and facts to a theme that we have been communicating in Washington via our policy statements and that is Turkey's unreliability as an ally of the United States. However, we are disappointed the report lacks focus on core issues of the Greek American community, especially with regard to Turkey's illegal invasion and subsequent forty-year occupation of the Republic of Cyprus."

The AHI President added, "Unfortunately, the Task Force failed to recognize Greece or Cyprus as nations that can play important regional roles...Greece is a loyal and dependable NATO ally and the relationship between the United States and Cyprus received a significant boost following Vice President Biden's historic visit there a year ago."

The report can be read in full at: http://bipartisanpolicy.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/BPC-Turkey-Alliance.pdf.