But analysts say Ankara is banking on its importance as a potential bulwark to Iranian ambitions, a factor that may help overcome any remaining hostility among the neighbors it is trying to win back.
Asi vanoongorora nekunzvera vanoti Turkey iri kuvimba nehukoshi hwayo senyika inesimba rekugona kumisa zvishuvo zvekutonga nekutyiwa zveIran, chinhu chinogona kubatsira kukunda kuvengwa kungangoramba kuri pakati penyika dzayakavakidzana nadzo dzairi kuyedza kumbundikira zvakare.