Aditya Raj, student at National Law University, Jodhpur, in India discusses Turkey’s recent use of mercenaries in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region…
The armed conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia which was over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh had developed quite an interesting twist with Turkey projecting itself as a ‘big’ brother of Azerbaijan and throwing its weight behind Baku and sending Syrian mercenaries to fight in the conflict. Ankara’s involvement in the conflict of the Caucasus is another portrayal of its hegemonic ambitions in its neighboring region.
Turkish foreign and military policy is now said to have permanently embraced proxy warfare as its policy. It had sent mercenaries from Syria to Libya in order to support the Libyan Government of National Accord against Khalifa Haftar. He is the Libyan strongman and Colonel Gaddafi’s erstwhile deputy backed by UAE and Russia. The economic gains pledged by Turkey are the primary motivation for mercena