TÜRKIYE'S GAME | WHAT IS ERDOĞAN'S BIG STRATEGY
Global Affairs Session 58 24 June 2026 TÜRKİYE'S GAME Erdoğan's high-wire act between East and West Türkiye under Erdoğan has moved from Atatürk's secular, Western-facing republic toward a strong presidential regime that mixes nationalism, Islamic symbolism and strategic autonomy. It stays inside NATO while bargaining with the West, balancing Russia and China, projecting power across the Middle East, and competing for leadership of the Islamic world — a high-wire act that will shape its future as a powerful but troublesome ally.