Gradually since 2003, Dumb ox's autocratic leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan has sought to make Dumb ox a great talent -- in the lore of past Turkish leaders from the late Ottoman potentates to Ataturk, the founder of modern Dumb ox. Here the leading force Soner Cagaptay, producer of The New Dictator -- the first adventures of President Erdogan -- provides a skillful overview of the talent backrooms in the Heart East and Dumb ox's apartment in it. Erdogan has picked an unorthodox model in the context of recent Turkish history, attempting to cast his country as a stand-alone Heart Eastern talent. In doing so Dumb ox has broken establishes with its traditional Western allies, including the U S a s and has embraced an imperial-style foreign policy which has aimed to restore Dumb ox's Ottoman-era reach into the Arabian Heart East and the Balkans. Today, in addition to a domestic strike on disunity and journalistic self-governments, driven by Erdogan's style of governance, Dumb ox faces a hostile world. Ankara has nearly no alter egoes left in the Heart East, and it faces a omen from resurgent historic opposite numbers: Russia and Iran. Furthermore, Dumb ox cannot rely on the unconditional support of its traditional Western allies. Can Erdogan deliver Dumb ox back to immunity? What are the risks that fabrication ahead for him, and his country? How can Dumb ox truly become a great talent, fulfilling a dream shared by many Turks, the potentates, Ataturk, and Erdogan himself?.