The defense cooperation agreement signed last week between Turkiye and the UK marks the latest step in a growing relationship, reflecting how Ankara and London are drawing closer as their strategic interests increasingly align.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has emphasized Turkiye’s strategic approach to navigating the transformative developments in the Middle East, and highlighted Turkiye’s reliance on “strategic wisdom” as its guide.

In the past two decades Turkiye has pursued an increasingly proactive and interventionist foreign policy in line with the geopolitical transformations and structural challenges of regional conflicts.