Zero problem with neighbors

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The zero-problem policy with the neighbours (in Turkish) is the AKP's doctrine of foreign policy and Turkey's defence in its regional environment. This policy is elaborated by Ahmet Davutoğlu in his Strategic Depth published in 2001, where it establishes the theoretical framework for Turkey to become a global power by consolidating its role as a regional hub, including by establishing close relations with the Arab countries surrounding it.

Doctrine
In its principles, zero-problem policy with neighbours marks a break with Kemalist diplomacy in force until 2002, namely:
its role as active supporter of the Western powers in the context of the Cold War until the early 1990s, which explains Turkey's integration into NATO in the context of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), supported by the Soviet Union until its dissolution;
the process of European integration, whose successive postponements and setbacks led Turkey to turn to other partners in the Middle East;
the exclusion of civil or religious actors from foreign policy and the absolute dominance of the Turkish army.

Republican Turkey, Judge Davutoğlu, has cut itself off from its geocultural environment, without reaping any real compensation as evidenced by the rebuffades wiped out in its march towards Brussels. The crisis in Cyprus in 1964 revealed this situation. Ankara finds itself isolated from Greece, which can paradoxically rely on the support of Arab countries and Western public opinion. In reality, Davutoğlu believes, membership of the Atlantic Alliance would have petrified Turkish foreign policy. The old Kemalist policy is assimilated to alignment with the West.

The emergence of a diplomacy initially oriented towards Arab countries, taking into account religious affinities, is described either by Ahmet Davutoğlu, or as , in critical analyses that compare Turkish diplomacy under the AKP and the former Ottoman domination in the Middle East and its antagonistic relations with the West. According to Davutoglu, each country has a basin that reflects its geostrategic manoeuvring space. Heir of the Ottoman Empire, with its former title of guide of the Islamic community, Turkey would have a wide untapped field of manoeuvre. In concentric circles this space extends from Sarajevo to Cairo for the first, from Morocco to Indonesia for the second.

For many specialists, this doctrine far from successful turned from 2011 into "zero neighbour without problems". Turkey, far from having "zero problem" with its neighbours, was gradually isolated largely because of its imperialism and aggressiveness.

In its principles, zero-problem policy