Russia and Turkey: More Than a Rapprochement?
... against Russia. Turkey, on the other hand, is close to being isolated from international affairs. Turkey has historically been NATO’s ally. Still, Washington is supporting the Democratic Union Party (PYD) in Syria, which is considered in Ankara as ... ... attempt, which put Turkey’s relations with its Western partners into further trouble, made the meeting between Putin and Erdogan more significant. Adventurous and unsuccessful neo-Ottomanism is likely to be replaced by a neo-Kemalist foreign policy ...