Turkey’s Drift from the West: From Transactionalism to Hostility
Aykan Erdemir and Merve Tahiroglu August 17, 2017
For special access to experts and other members of the national security community, check out the new War on the Rocks membership. Print Friendly Facebook Twitter Google+ LinkedIn Turkey’s relations with its Western allies, in a downward spiral since 2013, are at a breaking point. Ankara not only accuses Washington of plotting last year’s abortive coup, but also blames it for arming and supporting Kurdish rebels that it sees as an existential threat. Bitter diplomatic spats unfold with one European country after another. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has already demoted Turkey’s strategic relations with Western partners to transactional ones, appears to be taking a new stance of outright hostility. His aggression is ideological, and here to stay.
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