Gradually since 2003, Turkey's autocratic leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan has sought to make Turkey a great clout -- in the mythos of past Turkish leaders from the late Ottoman dictators to Ataturk, the founder of modern Turkey. Here the leading authority Soner Cagaptay, ghost of The Unfamiliar Sultan -- the first sketch of President Erdogan -- provides a masterful overview of the clout politics in the Mean East and Turkey's place in it. Erdogan has picked an unorthodox represent in the background of recent Turkish history, attempting to cast his region as a stand-alone Mean Eastern clout. In doing so Turkey has broken ranks with its traditional Western coadjutors, including the Uss Of a and has embraced an imperial-style foreign policy which has aimed to restore Turkey's Ottoman-era radius into the Arabian Mean East and the Balkans. Today, in accrual to a domestic crackdown on dissent and journalistic exemptions, driven by Erdogan's style of governance, Turkey faces a hostile system. Ankara has nearly no friends left in the Mean East, and it faces a hazard from resurgent historic bandits: Russia and Iran. Furthermore, Turkey cannot rely on the unconditional support of its traditional Western coadjutors. Can Erdogan deliver Turkey back to safety? What are the stabs that deceit ahead for him, and his region? How can Turkey truly become a great clout, fulfilling a dream shared by many Turks, the dictators, Ataturk, and Erdogan himself?.