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“Zero problems with neighbors” was once the basic principle of Turkey’s foreign policy. There is almost nothing left of him. With these words he describes the Political Ankara’s decision to use military force to achieve its objectives, a development that has led Turkey to conflicts throughout your neighborhood your entire neighborhood while challenging traditional opponents and allies.
According to the American network, the latest developments are in the Caucasus when the president Recep Tayyip Erdogan He decided to use the power of his country to support Azerbaijan’s close ally by providing weapons and military training, and he refused to participate in international calls for a ceasefire.
This tough stance shows Ankara’s willingness to use its power to achieve what it cannot through diplomacy.
In just one year, Turkey has achieved to enrage your neighbors – and often challenges Russia, Europe and the United States – to carry out two business in syria, develop command in Iraq, to change course war in libya and send warships to exploration of hydrocarbons in the waters claimed by Greece and Cyprus
More recently, Armenia, with which Turkey has no diplomatic ties, has accused it of involved in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict – an enclave controlled by Armenians since the 1990s, but internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan.
Turkey denies allegations that it sent mercenaries from Syria and fighter jets to Azerbaijan. However, he rejected a request for a ceasefire from the Minsk Group. This approach has not made Turkey popular, but so far it has not failed.
According to Politico, the threats of sanctions from the European Union because events in the Eastern Mediterranean and Libya have turned out empty. Ankara has also largely avoided US sanctions on the market and S-400 activation.
These developments have strengthened Ankara’s belief that Turkey is a vital country, be it because of the Turkish military bases. use NATO or Erdogan’s threat to “open the doors” to Europe for the millions of refugees it hosts.
For decades, Turkey’s perspective has been a Western one, largely following the recipe of the founder of modern democracy, Kemal Ataturk. However, the US withdrawal from the Middle East and the lack of a united front of the European Union have opened a gap in which Turkey can claim more.
Turkey’s differences with Egypt, as well as tensions with Cyprus and Israel, have kept Turkey out of the agreement to establish exclusive economic zones in the region. In this new reality, Turkey understands that military power has more effects. Ankara’s previous political mistakes that left Turkey with almost no allies in the region, have led the country’s political leadership to have few options despite the use of military force.
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