Mr Erdoğan has also won favour in the Sunni Arab world by hosting 4 million Syrian refugees. What irks Mr Erdoğan is that his nation cannot explore, and exploit, the Mediterranean seabed. Mr Erdoğan casts the international dispute as part of his revisionism. Germany, which brokered a deal with Mr Erdoğan to stop the flight of Syrian refugees into Europe, has sensibly called for talks. If Mr Erdoğan wants to be respected as a responsible partner then he must act like one.

Source: The Guardian September 06, 2020 17:25 UTC