Erdo?an and the Muslim Brotherhood: an outside-in approach to Turkish foreign policy in the Middle East

Amidst multiple foreign policy flip-flops of the Turkish government, Middle East is where observers agree most about explanatory priority ideational factors over realpolitik calculations. The assertive activism to extend country’s role in region has largely been linked Islamist leanings ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP). This study revisits Turkey’s with a particular focus on AKP’s relations Muslim Brotherhood (Ikhwan al Muslimin), which marked formulation implementation theatres from Yemen Egypt Libya. Using neoclassical realist approach, it argues that ideological ties Ikhwan are significant for availability new resources but behavior East, including Ikhwan, reflects grand strategy respond systemic sub-systemic stimuli.