Turkey’s new Middle East policy: Precious isolation
It is astounding how rapidly Erdogan alienates Turkey’s allies in the Middle East. The last two victims of his boundless rage are Egypt and Israel—for a third time. Once a contender for the role of king-maker in the region, aspiring to export its economic and political model, Ankara is increasingly relegated to the role of the pariah. Moreover AKP also appears to have started a purge against the alleged members of the influential pastor Fethullah Gulen's sect (church) –of which we shall comment more in the upcoming research articles-compounding Erdogan’s difficulties.To most of our readers,...