Ankara’s Ambition

DOĞANBEY TRAINING AREA, TURKEY — Two-thousand-pound bombs, artillery shells and naval bombardments sent shockwaves through the valley in Turkey where the Aegean Army focused its firepower last month. Every explosion captured the attention of Turkish Armed Forces commanders, international observers and reporters perched atop two hills within a kilometer of the live-fire drills. The event was the concluding exercise of Efes – one of Ankara’s largest military exercises – and the culmination of weeks of drills involving more than 10,000 troops and observers from 50 nations. This multi-national approach to the Turkish-led exercise could be seen by the diversity of