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The Swiss newspaper Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ), in the context of a broader geopolitical analysis of the Eurasian region, criticizes the hesitant role of many Europeans towards Turkey.
Among other things, the report states that "Turkey may have been part of the international alliance against the Islamic State, but at the same time it was arming the Islamic State fighting the Kurds in Rojava (Syria) and maintaining networks that opposed France's anti-terrorist operation in the Sahel. The Ottoman Caliphate may have been abolished in 1924, but Recep Tayyip Erdogan still dreams of becoming the great caliph in the Sunni Muslim world.
He wants to gain a foothold everywhere where the Ottoman Empire used to rule - Albania, Bosnia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Libya, Algeria - and erase from memory the defeats of the past. It also has a demand to control Turkish communities in Europe and forbids them to assimilate."
Europe's response to all this?
The writer points out that "Emmanuel Macron turned against Erdogan and intensified military cooperation with Greece. But Germany's longtime chancellor has treated Erdogan, like Vladimir Putin, with a cautiousness that bordered on the oligarchic.
By deciding to abolish nuclear power and invest in lignite and natural gas, Merkel has led her country into a state of dependence on the new Tsar, who is the main supplier of these forms of energy."
By deciding to abolish nuclear power and invest in lignite and natural gas, Merkel has led her country into a state of dependence on the wishes of the new Tsar, who is the main supplier of these forms of energy.
Source: in.gr
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