How Erdogan Muscled Turkey to the Center of the World Stage.

The article informs that Turkey, a critical North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) member, refashioned itself as a revisionist power openly challenging treaty allies like France and the U.S. It further discusses the transformation of Turkish foreign policy under leadership of President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan; enhancing the regime's domestic legitimacy; and effort to improve human rights practices and press freedoms while encouraging a vibrant civil society.