Opinion - Turkish Foreign Policy after the 2023 Elections

In May 2023, Recep Tayyip Erdogan was re-elected as President of Turkey for a third term with just over 52 percent of the vote. In parliamentary elections held at the same time the People's Alliance, consisting of Erdogan's Justice and Development Party (AKP) and several nationalist and Islamist parties, secured a majority in the Turkish National Assembly. The results gave Erdogan a comfortable basis for governing Turk