There is more to Turkey’s financial crisis than meets the eye. The real reason appears to be the West’s demand to President Erdogan to decide whether he is on their side or that of the Turkish masses.
There are clear signs that Turkey is making important changes in its policies that had led to serious disagreements with many of its neighbours. These primarily related to its policy on Syria where the AKP government had made the overthrow of Bashar al-Asad a central plank of its policy. This has failed and Turkey is changing course. It is also taking steps to reduce sectarian tensions. These are welcome developments.
