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Turkey Recalibrates Its Hard Power
Ankara believes it has reaped strategic benefits from military involvement in Syria, Libya and Nagorno-Karabakh.
Yet it has paid a price as well, discomfiting both allies and adversaries.
- Nigar Göksel
- ICG
Now, Turkey hopes to rebuild ties so as to consolidate its new gains.
Since 2016, when President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan survived a coup attempt, the Turkish leader has added a military edge to his foreign policy.
Turkey’s subsequent interventions in Syria and Libya and support for Azerbaijan in its mid-2020 war with Armenia over Nagorno-Karabakh have paid dividends for Erdoğan, not only in those conflicts but also at…
Ankara’s activism abroad…