Erdoğan says Türkiye well placed for new security era
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on June 29 that Türkiye is among the countries that best understands the changing global security landscape, arguing that Ankara’s geographic position, military capabilities and NATO experience place it at the forefront of efforts to address mounting threats.
At the NATO parliamentary summit at Istanbul’s Dolmabahçe Palace ahead of the alliance’s July summit in Ankara, Erdoğan told lawmakers from allied countries that the gathering represented “an important sign of preparation and solidarity” before NATO leaders meet next month.
He said the Euro-Atlantic security architecture was passing through “a historic threshold,” citing war, terrorism, irregular migration and regional crises along NATO’s eastern and southeastern borders.
“Threats such as war, crises, terrorism and irregular migration, particularly on our alliance’s eastern and southeastern borders, require us to reshape our understanding of security,” Erdoğan said. “We are in the middle of a period of uncertainty where tension is replacing stability, disorder is replacing order, predictability is diminishing and no one knows what they will face the next morning.”
