The Turkish Foreign Minister, Mevlut Cavusoglu, said Ankara’s presence in Syria and Libya led to stability on the ground, prevented irregular migration and terrorism, and paved the way for diplomacy.
In a keynote speech at the TRT World Forum 2021, Cavusoglu said Turkey only uses hard power when other options have been exhausted and only to initiate dialogue and diplomacy.
“The definition of grand strategy is also expanding beyond one aspect of power — that is hard power — to include several aspects such as diplomatic, economic, and even cultural.” He added, according to TRT World.
