No single issue has ever poisoned Turkey–U.S. relations as much as the Syrian imbroglio. Aside from shaping the Turkish domestic political context significantly, the Syrian crisis has also impacted Turkey's foreign policy and its alliance structure. Turkey's geopolitical identity, its longstanding alliance with the United States, and its place within NATO are now coming into question. Turkey's increasing cooperation with Russia, as well as with Iran, is seen as incompatible with its NATO identity, and Western-centric geopolitical and security identity in general.
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