While Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s government is trying to maintain good relations with Iran, its ambition to become the leading Sunni power means that Turkey must sooner or later contest Iran’s influence in Iraq, as well as in Syria and Palestine. And that means conflict.
而当土耳其总理埃尔多安的政府试图与伊朗维持友好关系之时，前者成为逊尼派穆斯林国家领头羊的野心意味着土耳其迟早会在伊拉克，叙利亚和巴勒斯坦挑战伊朗的影响力——这当然也意味着冲突。