In the shadow of the Russian threat and American abandonment: Turkey tries to get closer to Europe
France and Turkey are trying to get closer after years of hostility and suspicion. Behind the new embrace: fear of Russia, distancing from the US, and the attempt to return Ankara to the center of…
Assessment
Turkey is leveraging shared European anxiety over Russian aggression and U.S. disengagement to reset relations with France, after years of friction. The rapprochement suggests Ankara is angling for a renewed political foothold within European institutions. Watch whether concrete defense or economic cooperation follows the diplomatic warming, or if old suspicions linger.