US told Turkey war on Iran would end in just four days, expert says

The United States government had told Turkey through official channels that the war on Iran would only take four days, Asli Aydintasbas, a Washington-based Turkey expert, said during an interview on Sunday.

“Turkey and some of its allies were told, through official channels, that this operation would take days and be completed in four days,” Aydintasbas, a fellow at the Brookings Institution, said in an interview with the Serbestiyet news site.

“You cannot tell a Nato ally that you have made a four-day plan and then extend the operation to 14 days. In a sense, this was also a betrayal of the regional countries.”

Since January, Turkey tried hard to stop a joint Israeli and US attack on Iran, making several proposals to Washington and Tehran and trying to host mediation talks in Istanbul.

However, Turkish officials said Iran did not want to accept the Turkish offers, including arranging a trilateral teleconference between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and US President Donald Trump.