HOW DO TURKEY-EU RELATIONS INFLUENCE TURKEY’S MIDDLE EAST POLICY?

Year 2011, Volume: 1 Issue: 2, 32 - 42, 02.12.2011

Ekin Kadir Selçuk

Abstract

Ahmet Davutoğlu has been leading Turkish foreign policy since AKP came to the power. He has been

transforming traditional foreign policy and has been trying to make Turkey a regional power. For this aim,

Turkey formed very close relations with its neighbors and especially with Middle East countries. Western

politicians and scholars are worried about this new foreign policy and they ask whether Turkey is leaving from

the Western camp. In this paper, I am going to discuss why Turkey has been forming closer relations with

Middle East countries. I am going to ask whether worsening relations between Turkey and EU get Turkey closerto the Middle East?

Keywords

Turkish Foreign Policy, Middle East, European Union

Türkiye’nin AB İle Olan İlişkileri ve Bu İlişkilerin Türkiye’nin Ortadoğu Politikası Üzerindeki Etkileri

Abstract

AKP iktidara geldiğinden bu yana Türk dış politikasını Ahmet Davutoğlu yürütmektedir. Davutoğlu

Türkiye’nin geleneksel dış politikasını değiştirmek ve Türkiye’yi bölgesel bir güç yapmayı arzulamaktadır. Bu

maksatla Türkiye komşularıyla ve bilhassa Ortadoğu ülkeleriyle yakın ilişkiler kurmuştur. Batılı siyasetçiler ve

akademisyenler bu durumdan endişelenmekte ve Türkiye’nin Batı’dan kopup kopmadığını sormaktadırlar. Bu

çalışmada Türkiye’nin niçin Ortadoğu ülkeleri ile yakınlaştığı tartışılacaktır. Türkiye’nin Ortadoğu’ya

yönelmesinin bozulan Türkiye-AB ilişkilerinden kaynaklanıp kaynaklanmadığı soruşturulacaktır.

Keywords

Türk Dış Politikası, Ortadoğu, Avrupa Birliği

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