International System and Foreign Policy: Turkey Closer Ties with the Middle East in 2007

Harini Lukika Dhini, Irfa Puspitasari

2018

Abstract

In 2007, Turkey has been becoming a state that received much attention because its alteration in foregin policy. Turkey was first known as a country that was really close to United States and European Union due to the intention to follow these two modern states. Their relations motivate Turkey to following the values of United States and European Union. However since 2007 Turkey under Recep Erdogan has been shifting its foreign policy and decided to attempt getting closer to Middle East. This decision is aiming to build a strong relations with Middle East countries, whose energy resources are needed by Turkey. Erdogan also states that Turkey’s desire to become a mediator in the conflictual regional is another factor that encourages Turkey to get closer to Middle East countries. As now Turkey is rising as middle power, Turkey is able to make decision itself and play an active role in the international sphere. In order to have deeper understanding about Turkey’s foreign policy, the writer choose international system as level of analysis. In this paper, the alteration of Turkey’s foreign policy is analysed with distribution of power, major power, and presence of supranational organizations.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Dhini H. and Puspitasari I. (2018). International System and Foreign Policy: Turkey Closer Ties with the Middle East in 2007. In Proceedings of Airlangga Conference on International Relations - Volume 1: ACIR, ISBN 978-989-758-493-0, pages 503-509. DOI: 10.5220/0010279400002309

in Bibtex Style

@conference{acir18,
author={Harini Lukika Dhini and Irfa Puspitasari},
title={International System and Foreign Policy: Turkey Closer Ties with the Middle East in 2007},
booktitle={Proceedings of Airlangga Conference on International Relations - Volume 1: ACIR,},
year={2018},
pages={503-509},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0010279400002309},
isbn={978-989-758-493-0},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of Airlangga Conference on International Relations - Volume 1: ACIR,
TI - International System and Foreign Policy: Turkey Closer Ties with the Middle East in 2007
SN - 978-989-758-493-0
AU - Dhini H.
AU - Puspitasari I.
PY - 2018
SP - 503
EP - 509
DO - 10.5220/0010279400002309