THE FOREIGN POLICY OF THE REPUBLIC OF TURKEY DURING THE AK PARTY

Abstract

Turkey's foreign policy during the period of the AK Party traditionally aimed at ensuring the country's security, protecting and developing national interests in a perspective that comes from history and extending into the future, and creating the necessary foreign resources for development and prosperity. The party aims to realize these goals by establishing good relations and establishing cooperation with all countries, especially neighbors, and contributing to international peace, stability, security and prosperity. The AK Party government, like other governments that came to power before it, focused on the importance of Georgia, which is Turkey's gateway to Central Asia and a 276-kilometer border neighbor. Therefore, relations between the two countries have begun to be reconsidered in accordance with socio-economic and political interests.