Turkey after the Arab Uprisings: Difficulties of Hanging on in There

Analysis (ISPI) No. 223, December 2013
Istituto per gli Studi di Politica Internazionale (ISPI)

Meliha Benli Altunışık *

In the early days of the Arab uprisings, Turkey was seen as the “winner.” Yet after more than two years Turkey has lost most of its lucrative economic relations with the region, begun to experience crisis in its relations with several regional countries, and more significantly so far has failed to achieve its foreign policy goals.  How has this happened? Why has Turkey faced significant challenges to its foreign policy in the Middle East after the Arab uprisings?

* Meliha Benli Altunışık, Professor at the Department of International Relations, Middle East Technical University Ankara, Turkey

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