The Turkey of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan — who is expected to be elected president in just over a week — is an increasingly isolated country, and not just in the West, where antipathy for Erdogan has been rising steadily over the past few years because of his abrasive manners.

This is also the case in the Middle East, where Ankara has few communication channels left with regional capitals and where polls show Erdogan’s popularity is waning. His past claims about Turkey’s rapidly rising regional clout and global influence are now a distant echo.

Having lost its neutrality in regional disputes by openly taking sides in Iraq, Syria, Egypt and Palestine, Turkey has clipped its own wings. Most recently, Ankara’s attempt to get involved in cease-fire efforts in Gaza elicited anger not just from Israel, but also the Palestinian Authority and Egypt.

David D. Kirkpatrick pointed out in the New York Times July 30 that Egypt has a new coalition of Arab states — including Jordan, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates — that have effectively allied with Israel in its fight against Hamas. Under Erdogan, however, Turkey remains a strong Hamas supporter.