Turkish foreign policy has undergone an overarching change in recent years. The first decade of the twenty-first century has seen a transformation of Turkey into a cooperative and conciliatory neighbor and wiling international partner. The activism of the former president Turgut Ozal during the early 1990s, focusing on economic cooperation was followed, in late 1990s, by the then foreign minister, Ismail Cem, who focused on Turkey’s immediate neighborhood to create a ring of friendly countries around Turkey. Yet the current transformation is culminated with the rise of AKP government and especially its current foreign minister, Ahmet Davudoglu, into power. This book assesses that transformation and presents its background as well as its current form.
Reference: Aydın, Mustafa (ed.) (2010) Turkish Foreign Policy, Old Problems, New Parameters, Spain: UNISCI. 2010.