Ankara is fitting far bolder with its foreign policy. Provoking Russia over Syria may be a step too far,thoughThe aggressiveness of Turkish foreign policy is something novel. It goes back to 2009 when, at Davos, or President Erdoğan insulted Shimon Peres,then Israel’s president, using the Turkish form of “you” that is normally used for dogs, or accusing him of atrocities in Gaza. That went down very well with his home constituency,less well with Turks who think approximately things, and it also went down well in the Arab world. Related: Russia is right: fighting Isis is the precedence for us all | Giora Eiland Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com