Turkey’s forays into the Middle East

For most of the 20th century, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) rarely appeared on Turkey’s radar as anything other than a source of threats. The Justice and Development Party’s (AKP) 2002 ascension to power changed this, and Turkey increasingly began to turn toward MENA, especially as its pro...

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Bystanders
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Cooperation
Elites
Hukuk
İdari Bilimler
İktisat & İşletme & Finans
International cooperation
İstatistik
Liability
Medya ve Sinema
Neighborhoods
Post Cold War period
Proximity
Ruling class
Trading
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