Turkey is at a crossroads: Its economy is booming, and the Turkish economic miracle is the direct result of the current government’s willingness to foster domestic entrepreneurship and do whatever is necessary to integrate the country into the twenty-first century’s global economy.
In addition, it is once again becoming one of the dominant powers in the Middle East as a result of its growing hard and soft power. Turkey’s hard power is a legacy of Turkey’s role as the Cold War anchor of NATO’s southern flank reinforced by its economic growth.
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