Turkey and the dynamics of change in the Middle East – Case study of Turkish-Syrian relations

Abstract

The article analyses the changes taking place in the relations between
Turkey and Syria – the two important entities of the Middle East politics,
placing them in a broader Middle East context. In the last decade, Turkish-
-Syrian relations – at both the political and the economic layer – have become
warmer and in fact strategic in character. The ‘new’ policy of Turkey towards
the Middle East based on the doctrine of ‘zero problems with neighbours’
and using the instruments of ‘soft power’ had essential influence on the
intensification of bilateral relations.