PENOLAKAN PEMERINTAH TURKI DI BAWAH ADALET VE KALKINMA
Abstract
Turkey has entered a new era since Adalet Ve Kalkinma Partisi (AKP) won the general elections
and governed the country in 2002. Since then, the value of democracy is growing and developing
in Turkey. In addition, Turkey also changed its foreign policy which was previously directed to
Western countries to be inclined to the regions around Turkey. The change in Turkey’s view were
known as Strategic Depth and Zero Problem. Cases that describe the political turnaround can be
seen from Turkey’s attitude towards the Egyptian military that forced the president of Egypt
Mohamed Morsi to step down from his position in 2013. Turkey called the attempt made by the
Egyptian military a form of military coup. In the rules of democracy, a military coup is a
behavior that cannot be justified. In that case, Turkey rejected and opposed the military coup of
Egypt. It does not mean that the attitude shown by Turkey was without reason. Turkey saw this
incidence from the internal and external perspectives.