Erdogan weighs new reality in US-Turkey ties under Biden
The Turkish president, after backing Azerbaijan in Nagorno-Karabagh, could feel emboldened to move in Syria, but anticipating the next administration may give pause.
A readout from a Turkish National Security Council meeting Nov. 25 chaired by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan expressed "pleasure over the brotherly Azerbaijan taking back its own lands which had been under occupation for more than a quarter-century."
That sense of a historic win in Nagorno-Karabagh could spill over into Turkish military planning in Syria. Erdogan has enjoyed wide latitude because of his close ties to US President Donald Trump, as we reported here, but that could change with the inauguration of US President-elect Joe Biden in January 2021.
