Ready for a surprise?

Well now the election is over; like it or not, Donald Trump will be the next president of the United States.  There are many citizens, American or otherwise, who are seriously worried about the upcoming Trump era. At the end of the day, this will be a new era in which radicalism will be mainstream. However, for states, "there are no permanent friends or enemies, only interests." So now most countries around the world seem eager to work with Trump. A new era might come with new opportunities at the end of the day, who knows.

No doubt, Turkey is hopeful. It was no secret that President Barack Obama and Turkey's president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, have not really gotten along for the last few years. The famous photograph in which Barack Obama was holding a baseball bat in his hand when talking to Erdoğan on the phone was highly symbolic. It was no secret that for the last few years, Obama almost completely lost trust in Erdoğan.

So Turkey was not expecting much from Hillary Clinton's presidency. However with Trump's election, hopes have become high again on the Turkish side. Keeping in mind that the pro-government media in Turkey supported Trump during the election campaign, the AK Party government apparently assumes that they will be able to work with Trump much more easily than they would have with the Democrats. Clinton was planning to continue to work with Kurdish groups, but Turkey might be able to talk Trump into a more active role for Turkey, both in Mosul and the coming Raqqa operations. At least this seems to be the AK Party's plan. 
However, the Turkish government might be overly optimistic, they should probably be ready for bad surprises. Yes, Trump is a businessman and probably he will be quite pragmatic. But the political enclave around...