Törökország Szíria-stratégiája 2011 és 2015 között
Turkey’s Syria-strategy between 2011 and 2015

Summary/Abstract: The main aim of the paper is to provide a detailed analysis of Turkey’s Syria policy in the period between 2011 and 2015. After a brief overview of the „Arab spring”, the second chapter of the study presents Ankara’s journey from hesitation to proxy-warfare, through the analysis of Turkish political communication. The third segment intends to reveal the connection and interaction between the territorial expansion of the autonomous Kurdish region in North Syria, the Turkish-Kurdish relationship within Turkey, and the June 2015 Turkish general election. The fourth chapter examines the effects of the Syrian refugee crisis on the Turkish state from a humanitarian perspective. According to the final conclusion of the authors, Ankara –driven by excessive ambitions and false assumptions –got involved in the Syrian conflict to such an extent by 2012, that it lost its opportunities of backing out; and as a result of the rising geopolitical, economic and social challenges, the Turkish Syria-strategy aiming at regime change has failed.

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