Turkish Foreign Policy Towards Balkans and Serbia Under Davutoğlu Administration

Abstract

Developments in geopolitics of the Eurasia emphasize the presence and the role of Turkey. Its positionhas substantially changed since the 1970s and 1980s and its influence has become far more visible. Asmultidimensionality becomes the characteristic of its foreign policy, Turkey is becoming more activeon the Eurasian geopolitical scene, trying to establish itself as (macro) regional power in the processof creating a multipolar world order. Serbia comes into focus of Turkey’s foreign policy as a key statein the Balkans that represents, in addition to the Middle East and the Caucasus, its primary sphere ofinfluence and a bridge to the West in which Turkey carries out visible political, economic and culturalimpact. This paper deals with modes of Turkey’s cooperation with Balkan states, primarily Serbia, andwith the influence that public opinion has on their bilateral relations.