Playing boths sides against the centre.
Sucks at running his economy, but annoyingly good at geopolitics…
Sucks at running his economy
Are you kidding? He’s amazing at running his economy, he’s personally made tens of billions so far!
“I’ll drop my support… FOR MONEY!!!” - Erdogan.
Russia was always Turkey’s number one geopolitical antagonist; even in the best of times, a dangerous frenemy. Now, Turkey is probably the number one beneficiary of Putin’s botched war. Its main antagonist is defanged, maybe permanently, and it’s become a geopolitically indispensible regional power that the US and Europe desperately need to keep onside. It can dick around with stuff like hosting Putin visits, just to flaunt its own importance. Everything is coming up Erdogan.
