New Conflict Area of Turkey and Russia: Libya

Determining the presence of energy resources in the Eastern Mediterranean brought with it a new era for the region. The conflict steadily expanded and became more complicated with the entrance of regional states such as Turkey, Greece, Egypt, Israel, Libya, Cyprus; and non-regional states as well like United Arab Emirates, France and Russia into the equation.

In Libya, as the hot spot of the Eastern Mediterranean nowadays, there are two effective powers: Turkey and Russia. Russia’s relations with Turkey in the region are multi-dimensional. These two states….