The year 2022 has been one of radical foreign policy reversals by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan when he mended fences with Gulf powers and Egypt, showed readiness to meet Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad, and shifted his attention to economic woes ahead of crucial presidential and parliamentary elections in Turkey in 2023.
The elections, to take place no later than June, will also bear on Turkey’s foreign policy, especially with regard to ties with the West.
