With the support of the United Kingdom, Turkey is actively developing a revanchist policy within the framework of the doctrines of non-pan-Turanism and neo-Ottomanism, which is not being met with opposition from the US and EU. At the same time, Ankara is trying to take advantage of anti-Russian pressure from the West and Moscow’s preoccupation with the Ukrainian crisis.
Turkish revanchism and the role of the UK
Past British patronage of Turkey and Turkish tactics of confrontation and partnership with Russia at the turn of the 20thcentury.