TURQUIA
Turquia expande operações militares externas
March 7, 2019 - Com o Presidente Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a Turquia usa cada vez mais a influência militar para os seus objetivos de política externa, prevendo projetar milhares de tropas em bases no estrangeiros na década de 2020.
Turkey is expanding its intervention in Syria while keeping up a military presence in Iraq, Qatar, Somalia and Afghanistan and maintaining peacekeeping troops in the Balkans, according to Bloomberg News.
At the same time, the Turkish navy patrols the Mediterranean and Aegean seas to protect energy and territorial interests.
The effort comes at a cost. The military budget as a percentage of gross domestic product has risen, from 1.8 percent in 2015 to 2.2 percent in 2017, at a time when Turkey’s economy has weakened.