Türkiye’s new multi-dimensional foreign policy

Abstract

This study will analyze Türkiye’s new “multi-dimensional” foreign policy and focus on why Ankara does not want to restore its classical pro-Western foreign policy. To do this, the author will first look at the current situation of Türkiye in different aspects (humanitarian aid, democracy, rule of law, economy, human development index, etc.) in addition to its critical connections such as its energy needs as well as its strategic and economic ties, and then analyze two critical foreign policy issues, namely; the ongoing Russia-Ukraine and Hamas-Israeli wars to understand Türkiye’s peculiarities and different choices. These cases will help us to understand Türkiye’s multi-dimensional foreign policy approach, which in many ways conflicts with the classical Atlanticist paradigm of the Cold War and early post-Cold War periods.