ArmInfo. Within the coming 8-10 years Ankara will be playing eagerly and amenably the role the West chose for it, Arman Melikyan, the former foreign minister of NKR, independent political analyst told ArmInfo.
Although the coup attempt in Turkey has affected the U.S.-Turkey relations, the West and NATO particularly, keep applying carrot and stick policy towards Turkey calling it as a "valuable partner of NATO."
"Some nuances of Turkey's role will be corrected depending on Ankara's official stance on Washington, London, Brussels and Jerusalem," the analyst said.
In his worlds, Turkish President Erdogan may sometimes look farcical, in fact, he is a prominent politician- manipulator who can show his power or seem weak when he needs it. That politician is ready even to loose face to achieve his goal.
"At least, look at how he managed to blanket the incident with the downed Russian warplane without apologizing to Russia officially," Melikyan says.