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Friday, August 16, 2013

Turkey`s Foreign Policy Needs a Reset — State of Play — Medium

Turkey`s Foreign Policy Needs a Reset
Turkey’s current situation proves that the AKP’s foreign policy approach has roundly failed.

When they rose to power in 2002, Turkey’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) and its leader, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, made a policy detour from the country’s traditional security concerns. Instead, they sought to make Turkey a proactive player in keeping the region’s power balance stable, pursuing a doctrine of “strategic depth” based on the concept of “zero problems with neighbors.”

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