Introduction. Turkey and the Balkans : bringing the Europeanisation/de-Europeanisation nexus into question / Başak Alpan and Ahmet Erdi Öztürk. -- 1. A rival or an awkward partner? Turkey's relationship with the West in the Balkan / Dimitar Bechev. -- 2. Reconstruction of the 'regional power' role during the pandemic : Turkey's COVID-19 diplomacy towards the Balkans / Birgül Demirtaş. -- 3. Turkish foreign policy in the Balkans amidst 'soft power' and 'de- Europeanisation' / 4. A delicate balancing act : Turkish- Bulgarian relations within the context of foreign and domestic politics / Emilia Zankina. -- 5. Securitizing the Aegean : de- Europeanizing Greek-Turkish relations / Nikos Christofis. -- 6. Foreign direct investment (FDI) as indicator of regime type: contemporary Serbian-Turkish relations / Sabina Pacariz. -- 7. Measuring Turkey's contemporary influence in Bosnia and Herzegovina: myth and reality / Adnan Huskić and Hamdi Firat Büyük. -- 8. Relations between Turkey and Kosovo : factors and dynamics / Afrim Hoti, Bardhok Bashota and Bekim Sejdiu -- 9. Assessing a decade of Romania-Turkey strategic partnership in an era of ambivalence and 'De-Europeanisation' / Aurel Lazăr and Miruna Butnaru-Troncotă