(TURKY`S FOREIGN POLICY ON

SYRIA CRISIS)

Group Members;
MuhammadWaqas
Majid Habib
Iqra Naz
Aoun Muhammad
Muhammad Umer Farooq
INTRODUCTION
• Turkish policy toward Syria has gone through different phases
since the declaration of the Turkish Republic in 1924.
What is the current crisis in Syria
• About 6.8 million Syrians are refugees and asylum-seekers, and
another 6.7 million people are displaced within Syria. This means
13.5 million Syrians in total are forcibly displaced, more than half
of the country's population.
Turkish policy toward Syria under the JDP
Rule (2002–2010)
Although Turkish rapprochement with Syria was initiated by the
military establishment and supported by the secular ruling elite at
the time, the inauguration of the Justice and Development Party to
power in November 2002 has paved the way for the start of a new
chapter in bilateral relations. Turkish policy toward Syria continued
to incarnate a prototype of a new Turkish regional policy in the
Middle East.
FOREIGN POLICY OF TURKY

Turkey's recent actions in Syria are a good

reflection of its decisive shift in foreign policy
towards combatting the YPG in Syria, as well
as increased pragmatism in regard to achieving
that goal under its new approach of Neo-
Ottoman Realpolitik.
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• In foreign policy terms, Turkey’s military operations in Syria have

resulted in increasingly tense relations with the United States.
• Ankara’s involvement in Syria has also given Turkey new leverage
over the EU when it comes to the management of refugee flows.
Solving the question of Syrian refugees in Turkey has been a
priority of the Turkish government since the early stages of the
Syrian civil war—and a main driver of Ankara’s policies toward both
Syria and the EU
Objective
• Prevent the formation of an autonomous Kurdish entity along the
Turkish-Syrian border. Find another possible relocation destination
for Syrian refugees hosted by Turkey.
• Prevent the formation of an autonomous Kurdish entity along the
Turkish-Syrian border.Find another possible relocation destination
for Syrian refugees hosted by Turkey
Turkish Operations Against the YPG.

The YPG was formed in 2011. It expanded rapidly

in the Syrian Civil War and came to predominate
over other armed Syrian Kurdish groups. Since
then, the YPG has primarily fought against ISIL,
as well as on occasion fighting other Syrian rebel
groups and the Turkish Armed Forces.
Turkey and U.S interests;

Yet, with the U.S. armament of YPG fighters and

Washington cancellation of military support for
the FSA, it has become clear that Turkey and U.S.
interests will not converge anytime soon on a
diplomatic level, leaving Turkey no other option
than engaging in diplomacy with Iran, Russia,
and the Syrian regime.
Peace process by Turkey.

Turkey is consolidating its foothold in its

administered territory in Northern Syria by
relocating Turkmen families into the area and by
re-establishing civil administration and services,
giving it potentially more leverage for
settlement-negotiations.
Turkey interest to remove YPG.

On the military level, Turkey has more than just

indicated its interest in removing the YPG from
Afrin with its military projection.
Turkeys aim to regain ottoman empire.

Hence it is clear that all the ongoing policies

follow by turkey is to regain its power by making
all the Muslims country united .
Conclusion
• While the conflict itself went through several stages with different
sets of parameters, both inside and outside Syria, Turkey stuck
firmly to its policy. It also created new problems for Turkey, such as
dealing with security threats, and exacerbated the refugee crisis.
• Another way of explaining the AKP’s policy in Syria is to focus on
ideological and/or personal reasons. Such an analysis should
particularly focus on the influence of Erdogan and Davutoglu on
the development of this policy. In any case, it is clear that Turkey
has so far failed to achieve any of its objectives in Syria and its
room for manoeuvre has progressively diminished
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