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Recalibrating Turkish Foreign Policy After the Arab Uprisings: From Pro-activism to Uncertainty by Easing Off Ideational and Liberal Goals

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The western-oriented foreign policy tradition changed in the last decade under the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP – Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi), and the previously fragmented relations between Turkey and the Middle East (ME) has entered into a new phase Turkey has increased the level of interactions with the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries in terms of political, economic, and cultural affairs

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Karşıyaka, B.A., Karşıyaka, S. (2017). Recalibrating Turkish Foreign Policy After the Arab Uprisings: From Pro-activism to Uncertainty by Easing Off Ideational and Liberal Goals. In: Ersoy, M., Ozyurek, E. (eds) Contemporary Turkey at a Glance II. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-16021-0_10

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