Erdogan is a mystery; perhaps he really does want to reassert Turkish dominance ala Ottoman Empire in the greater region. The Turks ruled for centuries and were only held back by a few Catholic ruled countries.
New footage of Russia made Pantsir missiles destroyed by Turkish drones in Libya
"The Party seeks power entirely for its own sake. We are not interested in the good of others; we are interested solely in power. Not wealth or luxury or long life or happiness: only power, pure power. What pure power means you will understand presently. We are different from all the oligarchies of the past, in that we know what we are doing. All the others, even those who resembled ourselves, were cowards and hypocrites...We know that no one ever seizes power with the intention of relinquishing it. Power is not a means, it is an end... The object of persecution is persecution. The object of torture is torture. The object of power is power. Now do you begin to understand me?" -- O'Brien, in 1984, by George Orwell