Turkey, Erdogan's arc of destabilization in the Middle East
BEHIND THE LINES: What does this flurry of overt and semi-covert Turkish regional military assertion amount to? Can a common theme be established?
TURKISH PRESIDENT Recep Tayyip Erdogan (center) and staff members attend a videoconference call about the conflict in Syria, with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in Ankara.(photo credit: MURAT KULA/TURKISH PRESIDENTIAL PRESS OFFICE/REUTERS)ByJONATHAN SPYER