In the wake of February’s devastating earthquake, the Turkish president promised an ambitious reconstruction program in a bid to keep voters on his side.
President Erdoğan has so far blocked both countries’ bids and is using his vetoes as political leverage in an attempt to get Sweden and Finland to meet his demands.
Erdogan has positioned Turkey as a neutral actor player in the Russo-Ukraine war—as pro-Ukrainian without being expressly anti-Russian. In doing so, Turkey has also placed itself as a potential peace broker in the conflict.
