Turkey is a regional power straddling Europe and the Middle East, with a NATO membership and an increasingly assertive foreign policy. Under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the country has pursued a hybrid strategy of Western alignment and independent regional influence, involving military interventions, energy diplomacy, and soft power projection.

Turkey’s strategic goals include securing its borders, suppressing Kurdish militant groups, expanding influence across the Eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East, and establishing itself as a key mediator and power broker in regional conflicts. It also seeks strategic autonomy from Western powers while maintaining economic and defense ties with NATO.