MAIN PARAMETERS OF TURKEY’S EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN POLICY

Kemal İnat ve Burhanettin Duran, “Main Parameters of Turkey's Eastern Mediterranean Policy”, EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN AND TURKEY’S RIGHTS, ed. Kemal İnat, Muhittin Ataman ve Burhanettin Duran, SETA Yayınları, İstanbul 2020, s. 9-30.

Turkey’s Eastern Mediterranean policy is shaped by a number of factors. The importance of this region, which has become more featured in Turkish foreign policy in recent years, is increasing for Turkey, primarily in terms of security. Turkey’s security is being affected directly by not only the Cyprus problem, but also the ongoing conflicts and struggles in Syria, Libya and Palestine. Developments in Lebanon and Egypt also affect Turkey’s security, though indirectly. The policies of global actors such as the United States (U.S.), Russia, and the European Union (EU) towards the Eastern Mediterranean closely concern Turkey’s security. The U.S., which has long been the most predominant international actor in the Middle East, is the first country that Ankara considers when forming policies regarding all Eastern Mediterranean problems, especially towards Palestine, Syria, and Egypt. Turkey takes Russia into account when determining its policies in Syria and Libya. The EU, due to the membership of Greece and the Greek Administration of Southern Cyprus (GASC), harshly criticizes Turkey’s policies in the Eastern Mediterranean.

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