Gonul Tol, director of the U.S.-based Middle East Institutes’ Turkish Program, noted that Turkey may not be able to control the HTS as it pursues its own interests.
Turkey's position as Syrian government falls to opposition insurgents
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Membership in BRICS would help Erdogan “strengthen his own hand” at a time when ties with the West are at a low, said Gonul Tol, director of the U.S.-based Middle East Institute’s Turkey program.
Vladimir Putin hosts a summit in a bid to show the West it can't keep Russia off the global stage
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