It is clear that the EU has long since lost much of its potential to exert political leverage over Türkiye, despite its expectations regarding security and connectivity. Beyond trade and industrial cooperation, Türkiye no longer appears to have any political expectations of the EU.
A political structure that only a few years ago was among Türkiye’s fiercest opponents in Libya has now endorsed the agreement that forms one of the foundations of Ankara’s Eastern Mediterranean policy.
Türkiye-Azerbaijan relations are too important to be derailed either by Israel or by a headscarf ban. Both Erdoğan and Aliyev have enough experience to appreciate their value.
