Understanding The ‘New’ Turkish Foreign Policy: Changes Within Continuity, Is Turkey Departing From The West?
Understanding The ‘New’ Turkish Foreign Policy: Changes Within Continuity, Is Turkey Departing From The West?

Summary/Abstract: Turkish foreign policy during the AK Party reign has attracted the attention of a number of observers and analysts and generated debates both in Turkey and abroad. A number of foreign policy analysts and commentators have regarded this “new” policy as a “radical shift” from conventional Turkish foreign policy. We argue in this study that although there are some significant changes and innovations in the nature and style of Turkey’s foreign policy during the last seven years; the international orientation of Turkey continues to preserve its basic nature. Thus, we define the recent changes as “changes within continuity”. We also argue that Turkey’s foreign policy changes may also be classified as “leader driven”.

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