The Effect of the Arab Spring on Turkey

Turkey has refreshed its social and historical memory of each and every country that experienced change and revolution.


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The Effect of the Arab Spring on Turkey
Turkey's Effect on Arab Spring

Turkey's Effect on Arab Spring

Relations with the region have been multi-faceted, encompassing diplomatic, economic and civil society dimensions since 2002.


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It would be misleading to interpret the changes in the Arab world as isolated developments taking place in each and every country.

The withdrawal seemed to be an achievement of the Palestinians and a positive step towards peace by the Israelis.

For the PKK, the process can only go from the initial “Defeat in the 1990s” to the “Second Defeat” in the 2010s.

On January 14, 2011, Ben Ali fled Tunisia after 23 years in power, signaling the end of the distorted regional order in the Middle East and North Africa.

Turkey's Policy Towards Syria is a Success

In the past decade, Turkey moved towards more domestic democracy - while its neighbourhood changed in fundamental ways.


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Turkey's Policy Towards Syria is a Success
Turkey's Policy Towards Syria is a Success

Turkey's Policy Towards Syria is a Success

Critics say Turkey's Syria policy doesn't work because Assad is not reforming but the critics are wrong.


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Despite a historical affinity between Israelis, Turks, strong interaction between people, NGOs, think-tanks was never established, that’s exactly what we need.

Bin Laden whom George W. Bush had declared would be captured "dead or alive" after the 9/11 attacks was killed by the Obama administration.

Once Turkey considers and comes to terms with the challenge of formulating a new political language, it can rise to the level it aspires to as a new actor in a new region and in a new global order.

The majority of the actors, particularly those who are closely related to the Syrian crisis, do not really talk about Syria even when they are speaking about Syria.