Vom Partner zum Gegner: Das schwierige Verhältnis der türkischen AKP-Regierung zu Syrien und Ägypten
From Partner to Opponent: The Difficult Relations of the Turkish AKP-Government to Syria and Egypt

Summary/Abstract: The ambitious Turkish policy in North Africa and the Middle East has come to a standstill in the course of the “Arab Spring”. One major reason is that the policy of the AKP government in the region is primarily guided by ideological principles focused on a pan-Islamic-Sunni agenda. The increased regional security dilemma accompanied by unforeseeable developments and rapidly changing alliances requires a practical political incentive in order to avoid far-reaching consequences. However, the unilateral ideological course of Turkish policy mirrored the consequences – among others – in the problematic relations to the neighbouring countries Syria and Egypt. The relations have hit rock bottom along with an increasing isolation of the region as concerns foreign policy making.

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