Erdogan, like Trump, seems determined to make Turkey great again by pissing off as many of his neighbors as possible. He called for Assad’s removal without taking the steps necessary to accomplish it; he antagonized Putin by opposing him in Syria and shooting down one of his planes; he alienated Egypt and Saudi Arabia by supporting the Muslim Brotherhood; his relationships with Israel and Greece are terrible; he consistently blames the US for all of his domestic problems; and he calls out the EU on a regular basis.
Unlike Trump, he doesn’t live in a friendly neighborhood, and he doesn’t command the world’s largest economy and strongest military.
It’s hard to see how this ends well for the Turks. Will he go the full Maduro when times get tougher, or will he change course and moderate his policies when he runs out of friends? We’ll see.