Turkey Reaffirms Need for Russia To Relinquish Crimea but Rejects Anew the Reunification of Cyprus
The two contradictory gestures have the knock-on effect of canceling any Turkish pretensions to international clout.
In its periodic bid to be taken as more than just a regional power with an occasionally glorious past, Turkey has just tripped over itself again. It is not simply about queuing to join the BRICS band of nations, but more about the quixotic Turkish role in dousing the flames in the Russia-Ukraine war.
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