Turkey’s Military Role in Libya and Its Wider Strategic Environment (interest) in the Eastern Mediterranean Basin

Abstract

As a result of the Arab Spring and the return to building the sphere of interest of the Ottoman past, Turkey’s relations with the countries of the North African region are increasingly appreciating, and they seem to be a longer-term vision in Turkish geopolitical thinking. Libya has historically been a part of the Ottoman Empire, a traditionally Turkish sphere of interest in this sense. The study seeks to present the drivers and goals of Turkish foreign policy in relation to a North African state, Libya. In the analysis, examining Turkey’s expansive foreign policy, we can also get an idea of how Ankara intends to increase its sphere of interest in the wider region, namely in the Eastern Mediterranean, through its military support.