Turkey’s new Middle East policy: Precious isolation

TURKEY - Report 21 Aug 2013 by Atilla Yesilada
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,...

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