The Turkish government’s reluctance to join the United States-led coalition against the Islamic State’s extremist Sunni fighters has isolated it from other Sunni Arab powers, such as Saudi Arabia, that have joined the coalition. Moreover, it has further alienated Turkey’s Iranian allies, already estranged by Erdoğan’s obsession with toppling their man in Damascus, Bashar al-Assad.
土耳其不愿加入美国领导的针对伊斯兰国的极端逊尼派，这使它孤立于加入联盟的其他逊尼派阿拉伯强国（如沙特阿拉伯）。此外，这也使土耳其更加远离其伊朗阵营盟国，——埃尔多安一根筋地要颠覆大马士革的巴沙尔·阿萨德令他们十分不满。而德国和法国等欧盟国家也发现永远不能相信土耳其可以将其伊斯兰教使命与其加入欧洲的愿望协调起来。