After WikiLeaks, U.S.-Turkish Relations in Need of Catharsis not Recriminations

Turbulence in U.S.-Turkish relations should be expected in the short-term and ignored only at both countries’ peril. The information contained in the WikiLeaks release causing this latest storm had centered on unflattering portrayals of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu, but Ankara and Washington seemed to be publicly downplaying tensions. The silver lining from the WikiLeaks release was that, like it or not, all of Washington’s cards were publicly on the table with Ankara.