Turkey's growing influence in the Middle East and the Mediterranean to Central Asia has become a source of concern for the West.

Axar.az reports that George Friedman, the founder of the US analytical company Stratfor, published a map of the geographical area in which Turkey will have a say in 2050 in his article "The next 100 years".

According to the map, Turkey will have influence over Greece, Southern Cyprus, Libya, Egypt, Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Yemen, the Gulf countries, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Crimea, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan.

It should be noted that the map has caused widespread discussion on social networks.