Foreign relations: Policy struggles to keep up with rush of events

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Series Details 22.11.11
Publication Date 22/11/2011
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Article forms part of the FT: Special Report 'Investing in Turkey 2011'. This article looks at the evolving Turkey's foreign policy.

The balance has shifted from a westward focus on its relationship with the US and Nato membership, and application to the European Union. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has attempted to position his country as a 'geostrategic' bridge between the US and its European allies on the one hand and its neighbours, including Arab countries, on the other.

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