The Davutoğlu Effect in Turkish Foreign Policy

What if the Bowstring is Broken

Bibliographic Data

ID12843957
AuthorsYelda Demirağ (Başkent University, corresponding author), Burak Bilgehan Özpek (0000-0002-4309-9149, TOBB University of Economics and Technology)
Year2012
Volume16
Issue1
Pages117-128
Publication date2012-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueIran and the Caucasus (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1573-384X • E-ISSN: 1609-8498
PublisherBrill (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1163/160984912x13309560274217
OpenAlexW2077064890
LanguageEN
Citations received5

Ahmet Davutoğlu became the Minister of Foreign Affairs in 2009, the second term of Justice and Development Party (JDP) government, and he is regarded as the architect of the JDP's foreign policy since 2002. During his term, Turkey has pursued an active and multi-dimensional foreign policy. The model of Davutoğlu in explaining the Turkey's multi-dimensional foreign policy is the bow and arrow analogy. Accordingly, he argues that Turkey, with its ideational and geographical advantages, is an archer, and the more it draws the back of the bow through the East, the farther the arrow flies West. However, the gap between theory and reality undermines the consistency of Davutoğlu's foreign policy formulation

Economic Justice · Foreign policy · Political science · Turkish · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Law · Philosophy · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East · Turkey's Politics and Society