Article Scan – Foreign policy plays a big role in Turkey’s elections
Foreign policy plays a big role in Turkey’s elections / Mahir Zeynalov
Turkey’s miserable failure in foreign policy is one of the rare examples of how rapidly a nation can lose friends in a troubled neighborhood where building coalitions is already a hard task.
In the Middle East, major shifts in coalitions and alliances are rare. The last major change in alliances took place in 1979-80 and another one is taking place this year, particularly after a military coup in Egypt that significantly changed the balance of power. But why then has Turkey lost most of its friends in the region over a course of just two years?
