Date of Award
12-2013
Thesis Date
12-2013
Degree Type
Honors Thesis-Unrestricted
Degree Name
B.A.
Department
Political Science
Degree Program
Political Science
Director
Michael Huelshoff
Abstract
The Justice and Development Party (Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi, AKP) of Turkey has reoriented its country's historical Westward-looking foreign policy towards the Middle East because of a freeze in European Union accession, trans-national security issues resulting from the Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK), and the expansion of its economic interests into the region. The United States should take careful note of these changes in an effort to mitigate any opposition to the AKP’s policies, as well as to better utilize Turkey’s growing clout in the region.
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LeBlue, James Brodie, "Is Turkey’s Foreign Policy Moving East?" (2013). Senior Honors Theses. 50.
https://scholarworks.uno.edu/honors_theses/50
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