Includes bibliographical references (pages [335]-355) and index.
Contents
Introduction : a trip to istanbul -- Osman's dream -- Restoring Turks' dignity-as Muslims -- "Strategic depth" -- Building soft power -- Europe's slap -- An American affair -- The Syrian disaster -- Menacing Russians -- Competing Persians -- Erdogan's Arab fall -- Uncomfortable Ottomans -- Course correction -- Erdogan vs. Trump -- Erdogan's empire part I: East Africa -- Erdogan's empire part II: "Bayram Belt" -- Turkey and the West: a never-ending love affair -- Conclusion how can turkey become great?
Summary
"Gradually since 2003, Turkey's autocratic leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan has sought to make Turkey a great power ... Erdogan has picked an unorthodox model in the context of recent Turkish history, attempting to cast his country as a stand-alone Middle Eastern power. In doing so Turkey has broken ranks with its traditional Western allies, including the United States and has embraced an imperial-style foreign policy which has aimed to restore Turkey's Ottoman-era reach into the Arabian Middle East and the Balkans."-- Jacket.
