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Seen once as a champion for the Palestinians, Erdogan has lambasted the Israeli airstrikes in Gaza even as his government has tried to mend ties with Israel.

Erdogan’s visit to the United States is unlikely overcome the current deadlock in the bilateral Turkey-US ties, but the Turkish leader is set to meet his Israeli and Greek counterparts in New York.

Turkey tries to dial down confrontations in the eastern Mediterranean before the Greek minister's visit as part of its push to improve relations with the West.

Turkish artists have been facing increasing pressure and censorship from Islamist authorities and groups for expressing their views on social and political issues, such as LGBTQ+ rights, violence against women, opposition parties or minority languages. Many of them have been cancelled or banned from performing at music festivals or concerts, while others have been threatened…

Despite the growing rapprochement between Ankara and Beijing, conflicts, long mistrust and economic rivalry will likely limit the extent of cooperation between Turkey and China, analysts believe. 

Analysis: Erdogan is trying to recalibrate Turkey's relationship with the West in order to fix its ailing economy.

The burning of the sacred Muslim text attracted widespread condemnation from countries abroad, including Turkey — a NATO member state that has pushed back on Sweden’s enrolment in the alliance.

As a new protest adds a further layer of stress in NATO talks between Turkey and Sweden, analysts believe that prospects are "close to zero" for the Nordic nation’s accession to the alliance before the bloc’s summit.

Analysis: A renewed relationship between the Eastern Mediterranean's two largest military powers is likely to shift geopolitical dynamics in the region and could resolve key deadlocked issues.

The two major regional powers have grown distant over the years due to Erdogan’s ties to the Muslim Brotherhood and the 2018 killing at the consulate in Istanbul of US-Saudi journalist Kamal Khashoggi.