Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan today (Thursday) addressed the issue of relations with the Taliban and said that Ankara would contact Kabul if necessary because it was interested in the stability and security of Afghanistan.
On the issue of the many Afghan refugees in Turkey, some of whom have been observed publicly celebrating the Taliban takeover of Istanbul and Antalya, he added that "Turkey has no obligation or responsibility to be Europe's refugee depot."
It should be noted that outside of Central Asia, the country most adversely affected by the collapse of the Afghan government is Turkey.
The flow of immigrants from the divided country, through Iran - to even Istanbul began long before the Taliban returned to power, and is now a man.
At the same time, in terms of the aspirations of "pan-Turkism", which are a very significant electoral source for the Justice and Development Party in general and for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in particular, Ankara has been hit hard.
If everything had worked out as planned, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani would have remained in office - and Turkey would have taken from the NATO alliance the baton of responsibility for the security management of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul.
However, when it comes to Afghanistan - plans aside and actions aside.
The new Taliban regime and the chaos at Hamid Karzai Airport have already become a fait accompli, as has the political asylum given to a man close to Erdogan, the ousted Afghan president Ghani.
As part of Ankara's "recalculation of the route" when it comes to foreign policy, Erdogan last night hosted UAE national security adviser Tahanon Ben-Zayed.
This is a very significant meeting that makes the rapprochement between Ankara and Abu Dhabi a fait accompli.
"If Erdogan manages to take over Kabul airport anyway, then he will be able to prove to NATO - 'Here, a Muslim company in the alliance can set up a Taliban-coordinated project' and thus prove that they are an asset," Dr. Chai Eitan Cohen told Israel Today Inrojek, researcher of modern Turkey at the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security and at the Moshe Dayan Center at Tel Aviv University.
"Afghanistan's position is significant because it is close to the Turkish 'Stanis'. As soon as Turkey takes over the airport, if it does succeed, then a permanent Turkish presence will be established in Russia's backyard - in addition to Nagorno-Karabakh. "Such is of great intelligence importance to the Turkish intelligence agency."