Abstract
The aim of this chapter is analyzing US–Turkish relations in the light of the Syrian crisis in 2011–2019. It highlights the issues which strain the bilateral relationship and also highlights the divergent and convergent points in US–Turkey relations. It also analyzes Turkey’s policy in Syria, and the threats and opportunities it represents. The chapter also dissects the American policy in Syria in Obama’s as well as Trump’s era, its objectives and the motives behind them. It analyzes how the Syrian crisis has affected the relations between Washington and Ankara. The Syrian crisis represented a complication in the relation. For the Turks, American reliance on the Kurds represented a threat. An empowerment of the Kurds in neighbouring Syria could signal a threat domestically. This element created tensions between the two NATO allies that ended in the US withdrawal from Northern Syria and in the Turkish incursion. This chapter analyzes all these factors as well as the way forward in the relations.
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