In recent years, Ankara has been stepping up its involvement in the Balkans, trying to position itself as a mediator, and investing in the reconstruction of Turkish monuments -- involvement that sometimes led to accusations that it is pursuing a "Neo-Ottoman" foreign policy.
Ankara posljednjih godina povećava svoju angažiranost na Balkanu, pokušavajući postaviti se kao posrednik i ulažući u obnovu turskih spomenika, a takva angažiranost nekada dovodi do optužbi kako Turska vodi "neootomansku" vanjsku politiku.