Yet these good-neighborhood policies did not work out as intended. Rapprochement with Armenia stalled; no significant progress was made on Cyprus, especially after a less-accommodating leader was elected in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (an entity that only Turkey recognizes); the opening to Iran did not soften the mullahs’ position on nuclear development (and strained relations with the United States); the Syria-Israel talks failed; and Turkey’s participation in the 2010 flotilla to Gaza, and Israel’s brutal response to it, signaled an end to decades of close Israeli-Turkish cooperation.
但这些睦邻友好政策并没有达到预期的目的。与亚美尼亚的复交进程停滞不前；塞浦路斯问题迟迟得不到大的进展——特别是在北塞浦路斯土耳其共和国（Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus，一个只有土耳其承认的实体）选出了立场更顽固的领导人之后；向伊朗敞开怀抱并没有让诸毛拉的核发展立场有所软化（从而导致与美国的关系更紧张了）；叙利亚-以色列谈话以失败告终；此外，土耳其参与了2010年开赴加沙的小型舰队，以色列对此反响强烈，以土数十年来的紧密合作因此画上了一个句号。