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Iranian media Fars is reporting that negotiations between the United States and the government of Iran will begin in Turkey in the coming days,
The nation of Turkey under President Erdogan has become a diplomatic and military power in the Middle East. Besides the U.S., Ankara controls the most powerful military in NATO.
Turkey has been instrumental in installing the Golani (al-Sharaa) Sunni government in Syria and is confronting Israeli power in the region.
Turkey also has an existential interest in preventing a major war with Iran as it shares a 550 km border with the Islamic theocracy of the mullahs and is very concerned about millions of Iranian refugees fleeing conflict into Turkey, which could destabilize the Erdogan Sunni source of power.
Shia Azerbaijan also borders Turkey; Ankara is the seat of power of the former Ottoman Empire.
Erdogan himself has turned the nation from a secular state, to a Sunni Islamist-focused government, which has historically competed with Shia Islam.
Trump's Ambassador to Syria Tom Barrack has a strong relationship with Turkish leadership.
Turkey sees the negotiations as a way to cement its diplomatic street cred.
