You realize most of those articles are stating that Turkey has a growing influence in the middle east? the articles I've provided state that Turkey has a growing influence in the Balkans and thus are talking about the same thing. I see no reason to only include the middle east if what you're basing 'regional influence' on is growing influence. Articles such as: http://setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/features/2012/05/08/feature-05, http://csis.org/blog/western-balkans-turkey-back, http://oilprice.com/Geopolitics/Europe/Turkeys-Growing-Influence-In-The-Balkans.html state more or less the same thing as the two articles provided as a source for saying Turkey is a middle Eastern regional power. All the articles (both the ones I've provided and the previous editor has provided) are filled with 'ifs' and 'coulds.' Since both the articles say the same thing, why only include half of the information?  02:52, 15 August 2012 (EST)