Turkey’s mult?-d?mens?onal, ?ndeed, all az?muth fore?gn pol?cy exerc?ses of late have g?ven r?se to endless speculat?ons and contrad?ct?ons across the world and ?n part?cular ?n the West. It ep?tom?zes the Turk?sh Pres?dent’s meet?ngs w?th h?s Russ?an, Ukra?n?an and Iran?an counterparts as well as h?s meet?ngs w?th h?s Western partners, ?nclud?ng B?den. Indeed, s?nce the outbreak of the Russ?a-Ukra?ne confl?ct Ankara has been pursu?ng a not?ceably restra?nt, well-balanced equ?d?stance pol?cy towards the protagon?sts w?thout tak?ng part ?n the western sanct?ons but at the same t?me keep?ng up ?ts relat?ons w?th ?ts western partners closely. Hav?ng r?d ?tself of almost all ?ts M?ddle-Eastern entanglements, wh?ch have cost the country an arm and a leg over the last decade or so, Turkey now stan- ds to benef?t from the opportun?t?es accru?ng from a mult?polar world order, someth?ng ?t has become an unstoppable real?ty, however much the US and the Collect?ve West are st?ll try?ng to prevent ?t, but to no ava?l.