Erdogan consolidating Turkey’s status as regional player

The situation in Libya does not seem to be unfolding in the way Greece would like it to. Repeated meetings between officials in Athens and Nicosia are mostly aimed at domestic consumption. Meanwhile, Turkey is obviously trying to consolidate its status in the region, in cooperation with Russia. It is a situation that is being tolerated, if not encouraged by Europe (whose stance is dictated by weakness and fear) and one that is evolving under the opportunistic and indifferent gaze of the Trump administration.
Put simply, Erdogan is growing into a key player amid the geopolitical changes in the Middle East and the Eastern Mediterranean, as Turkey is acquiring regional superpower status. Worse, all that is creating the impression that, in the eyes of the West - the United States and the European Union (perhaps for different reasons) - Greece belongs to the Middle East and not...