Turkey on all fronts: where will Erdogan stop?

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaking to members of his party in Malatya, eastern Turkey, October 25, 2020. Turkish Presidency via AP Pool

By: Chantal Lorho Follow

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Syria, Iraq, Libya, the Eastern Mediterranean, South Caucasus: Turkey is advancing its pawns on all fronts.

Its president Recep Tayyip Erdogan is going it alone, no offense to his NATO allies who do not appreciate Ankara's desire for hegemony ... Example: France.

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In recent months, relations between Emmanuel Macron and his Turkish counterpart have become execrable as the differences accumulate.

The latest: Turkey's support for Azerbaijan's victorious military offensive against the Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh.

Another bone of contention: the crusade led by President Erdogan against the freedom to caricature - including the prophet - freedom of expression defended by France ... 

So who is to curb the expansionism of Recep Tayyip Erdogan?

Why is Europe unable to thwart Ankara's aims?

Does Turkey remain a reliable ally within NATO when it does not hesitate to oppose other member countries of the Atlantic alliance?

Will Joe Biden's arrival at the White House be a game-changer?

Will the Democratic President be less conciliatory with Turkey than Donald Trump was? 

3 guests

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, head of the Middle East and Turkey Program at IFRI, the French Institute of International Relations.

Published

 at Tallandier

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, deputy director of IRIS, specialist in Turkey and the Middle East and author of

 at Eyrolles

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, lecturer at the Toulouse-II University, delegate to Galatasaray University in Istanbul.

Co-author, with Nicolas Cheviron, of

 for new editions François Bourin.

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