Turkish Strategic Participation
Journal: Potentia Journal of International Affairs
Year: 2017

This paper argues that Turkey’s current hard power participation in its region can be understood as “Strategic Participation.” It posits this approach is a shift in strategy, not goals from the “zero problems with neighbours” policy piloted by former Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu. It applies this argument to the case of increasing Russian regional intervention, and argues that Turkey’s response to Russia is in line with the goal of Davutoğlu’s Strategic Depth doctrine of leveraging hist