Turkey shifts the focus of its foreign policy: from Syria to the eastern Mediterranean and Libya

Abstract: On 27 November 2019, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan declared that Turkey had concluded a treaty on military assistance and cooperation with the government of Fayez al-Sarraj in Libya. The agreement permits the deployment of Turkish troops into the civil-war-torn country. The announcement was met with almost unanimous criticism in Western Europe. The indignation grew even greater when it became known that Turkey was controlling and financing the smuggling of Islamic Syrian fighters into Libya. Reports of a dominant influence of the Muslim Brotherhood on the Libyan gov­ern­ment seemed to complete the picture of a strongly Islamist-motivated Turkish policy. However, Turkey's engagement in Libya is not driven by ideology, but rather by stra­tegic considerations and economic interests. Ankara is thus reacting to its isolation in the eastern Mediterranean, where the dispute over the distribution of gas resources is intensifying. At the same time, Turkey is drawing lessons from th

Alternative title
Die Türkei verlagert den Schwerpunkt ihrer Außenpolitik: von Syrien ins östliche Mittelmeer und Libyen
Location
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
Extent
Online-Ressource, 4 S.
Language
Englisch
Notes
Veröffentlichungsversion
begutachtet

Bibliographic citation
SWP Comment ; Bd. 6/2020

Classification
Politik

Event
Veröffentlichung
(where)
Mannheim
(who)
SSOAR - Social Science Open Access Repository
(when)
2020
Event
Veröffentlichung
(where)
Berlin
(who)
Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik
(when)
2020
Creator
Contributor
Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik -SWP- Deutsches Institut für Internationale Politik und Sicherheit

DOI
10.18449/2020C06
URN
urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-66994-6
Rights
Open Access unbekannt; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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Associated

  • Seufert, Günter
  • Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik -SWP- Deutsches Institut für Internationale Politik und Sicherheit
  • SSOAR - Social Science Open Access Repository
  • Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik

Time of origin

  • 2020

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