Even as things continue to unfold in Iran, the stage looks set for the next chapter in the Turkish-Israeli contest.

Turkey has more levers to pull in Iran's crisis than any other regional actor — and more to lose. Here is what Ankara does next.

ANKARA, March 2 (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Monday criticised the U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran as a "clear violation" of international law, adding that Turkey shared the pain of the Iranian people amid the widening war.

A woman walks on the street following an Israeli and U.S. strike on a police station, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Tehran, Iran, March 3, 2026. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS

NATO downed a missile fired by Iran at Turkey, and a U.S. sub sank an Iranian Navy ship off Sri Lanka, thousands of miles from the war zone.

Turkey is weighing contingency plans along its border if the United States attacks Iran — Ozan KOSE Turkey will offer to mediate between Washington and Tehran during a visit by Iran's foreign minister on Friday, officials said, as Ankara considers ...

Iran cultivated a network of seemingly impressive friends ahead of its war with Israel and the United States, but once the bombs started falling, those friends were nowhere to be found. Iran’s aggressive Shiite revolutionary ideology left it isolated for the first two decades of its existence,

Leaders of Iran’s sizable Kurd population are reported to be mobilizing in the aftermath of joint U.S.-Israeli strikes on the regime, but their ability to mount a successful armed resistance remains highly doubtful.

Iran maintains ties with a range of countries, including Turkey, India, Russia and China. Yet in this war, their support is mostly rhetoric.