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Dorian Jones

Erdogan weighs benefits of friendlier ties with Turkey's Western allies

Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan during the NATO summit at the Alliance's headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, on 14 June 2021. © REUTERS - YVES HERMAN

Turkey's newly reelected president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, faces the challenge of balancing ties with Russia and Western allies as he seeks to make the country a major player on the world stage.

With Erdogan taking the presidential oath for a third time, analysts predict foreign policy will be central to his goal of making Turkey a 21st-century power.

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