How Turkey leverages itself between East, Western worlds to maximize geopolitical clout - opinion
Turkey’s actions in Syria and Iraq also signal a deeper shift away from its Western alliances. Erdogan’s government has cultivated closer ties with Russia.
CHINESE PRESIDENT Xi Jinping (front row left), looks at a gesturing Russian President Vladimir Putin standing next to South African President Cyril Ramaphosa while Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (right) looks on, during the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, this past October.(photo credit: ALEXANDER NEMENOV/REUTERS)ByLOQMAN RADPEYUpdated:
