Erdogan Hopes Tough Talk Will Win New Fans
- Moves in Syria, Iraq seen aiding bid for presidential system
- Turkey ‘talking tough’ on regional role hurts U.S. alliance
Recep Tayyip Erdogan
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President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has started talking about Turkey’s borders, hinting they should be shifted outwards a bit. In Syria and Iraq, his army is involved in wars over territory once ruled from Istanbul. Maps of a Greater Turkey have circulated.