Would Turkey intervene militarily in Bosnia-Herzegovina? "A main obstacle is Russia"

Unlike in the 1990s, Turkey is now a geopolitically stronger force, intervening in Syria and Libya without anyone's permission, so its potential engagement in Bosnia-Herzegovina is possible.
Ankara already has military bases in Bosnia-Herzegovina and is in a stronger situation than it was in Syria or Libya.
The author of the text, Muhammad Hussein, wrote that Turkey, unlike in the 1990s, is much stronger and more capable of action without anyone's permission and support, but that if that happens, it is not clear whether it would exclusively support Bosniaks or would take up a role of a mediating force between the conflicting parties.
Hussein sees the basis for this opinion in the development of Turkish foreign policy in recent years and examples of conflicts in which Ankara intervened militarily.
"Many see Turkey as an increasingly interventionist force in its surrounding regions, but also as a mediating force. From its military interventions into Syria and Libya to its backing of Azerbaijan in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Ankara has worked to establish its own assertive foreign policy using new military capabilities over the years. It has been far from a neutral player", Middle East Monitor portal claims.
"The question that both sides anticipate, though, is whether the interventionist policy would ever reach into Europe - its western front - in the near future", Hussein wonders.

Two Turkish leaders supported Bosnia-Herzegovina

That opportunity has seemed to present itself over the past few months in the ever-troubled Balkan region, where long-standing ethnic and nationalist tensions between Bosniaks and Serbs have again flared up in recent months.
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