Türkiye's Century-Long Foreign Policy Experience: Key Takeaways
Türkiye's Century-Long Foreign Policy Experience: Key Takeaways

Summary/Abstract: This article aims to analyze a century-old Turkish Foreign Policy (TFP). The year 2023 was the anniversary of the centenary of the foundation of Turkey. Therefore, this article aims to analyze the century old TFP through the main determinants/dynamics affecting the formation of TFP to extract key takeaways. Accordingly, Turkey has implemented a self-focused foreign policy based on pragmatism, influenced by geographical and power constraints. Turkey almost never abandoned its Western-oriented, non-interventionist, cautious and pragmatic foreign policy. Following the change of political power in Turkey in 2002, the new rulers have gradually pursued an assertive foreign policy that was multilateral, multifaceted, religiously focused, and Eastern-oriented, particularly centered on the Middle East. This study will analyze all these processes.

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