By Nicola Bianco
EUNACR Research Contributor
Turkey has pushed itself strongly onto the global stage: firstly, building a more powerful defense sector to improve its military forces; secondly, projecting military might in Libya, Qatar, and Syria and make its power felt across and beyond former Ottoman territory; finally, engaging the Eastern Mediterranean order both by redefining maritime boundaries through a deal with Libya’s Government of National Accord (GNA) and by conducting gas drilling operations in contested areas off Cyprus.
