Just a couple of years ago, after the European Union slammed the door in Turkey’s face (despite some significant military and penal reforms by the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government), Turkey re-oriented its policy away from Europe towards its immediate region. Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu’s “zero conflicts with neighbors” approach gave this re-orientation its strategic and theoretical foundation.
几年前，在欧盟的大门朝土耳其砰然关闭后（尽管土耳其正义与发展党（Justice and Development Party ，AKP）已经做出了一系列重大军事和刑法改革），土耳其的外交政策就从欧洲转回了近邻。其外交部长达乌特奥卢（Ahmet Davutoğlu）提出了“与邻国零冲突”的政策，后来成为土耳其政策转向的战略和理论基础。