- Yönetim ve Ekonomi Araştırmaları Dergisi
- Vol: 15 Issue: 3
- DAHA AKTİF BİR DIŞ POLİTİKA: ADALET VE KALKINMA PARTİSİ’NİN İKİNCİ İKTİDAR DÖNEMİNDE TÜRKİYE’NİN ORT...
DAHA AKTİF BİR DIŞ POLİTİKA: ADALET VE KALKINMA PARTİSİ’NİN İKİNCİ İKTİDAR DÖNEMİNDE TÜRKİYE’NİN ORTA DOĞU POLİTİKASININ DÂHİLİ ETMENLERİ
Authors : Samet Yilmaz, Oğuzhan Özdemir
Pages : 1-24
Doi:10.11611/yead.321472
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Publication Date : 2017-09-30
Article Type : Research
Abstract :Turkey pursued a more active foreign policy during the second tenure of the Justice and Development Party between 2007 and 2011. In this period, Turkey increasingly involved itself in issues concerning the Middle East. The Justice and Development Party government tried to increase Turkey’s influence on Middle East politics. The reason for why the government pursued a more active and assertive policy could be found in Turkish domestic political developments. In the second tenure of the government, Turkey’s national capacity increased, and so, the government sought to convert it into influence in the region. Also, the government strengthened its position within the state, thereby be easier to implement foreign policy actions. The paper will elaborate on these developments along with the domestic factors of Turkey’s Middle East policy referring to the auxiliary hypotheses of neoclassical realism.Keywords : : Domestic factors, Foreign policy autonomy, the Justice and Development Party, Middle East