If successful, it would boost Turkey’s aspirations to reshape the Middle East and burnish support ... or what it calls “democratic autonomy” — a status that would devolve more powers ...

This was not a European nation making a religious gesture; it was a Middle Eastern strongman using Islam as a tool of power. Turkey’s alignment with political Islam is also evident in its ...

Power Projection of Middle East States in the Horn of Africa ... Status-seeking Policies of Middle Powers in Status Clubs: The Case of Turkey in the G20. Contemporary Politics 25, 4: 586–602. Parlar ...

The collapse of the Assad regime in Syria and the rise of Turkey as a resurgent ... regime has shattered the Middle East status quo. Once a linchpin for Iranian power projection into the Levant ...

This potential shift presents grave implications for Israel, the Middle East, and global geopolitics. The Geopolitical Power and Influence of Turkey Turkey sits at a critical crossroads between ...

President Donald Trump announced while in Saudi Arabia on May 14, 2025, that the United States would lift sanctions on Syria. The turnaround was a huge victory for the government of Syrian President ...

On a macro level, Hassan said, “Erdogan’s ambitions are deeply rooted in a neo-Ottoman Empire vision that seeks to reassert Ankara as a dominant power ... Middle East, said a stronger Syria ...

WSJ breaks down how it happened—and what comes next for Syria and the Middle East. Illustration: Madeline Marshall DUBAI—Turkey and Israel are the main strategic beneficiaries of the collapse ...

Negotiations with Ankara blew hot and cold over Erdogan’s almost two decades in power ... Turkey from strategic alignment to mutual mistrust,” wrote Gonul Tol, senior fellow at the Middle ...

Turkey aims to provide electricity to Syria and strengthen its power infrastructure, Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar was quoted on Friday as saying, adding that Ankara may also work with Syria ...

Turkey was offered partner country status by the BRICS group of nations, Trade Minister Omer Bolat said, as Ankara continues what it calls its efforts to balance its Eastern and Western ties.