The Journal of Foreign Policy

The Journal of Foreign Policy

The Fall of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt and its Impact on Turkey's Regional Position

Document Type : Research Paper

Abstract
Recent developments in the Arab world have strongly affected geopolitics in the Middle East. The collapse of authoritarian states, such as Ben Ali and Mubarak, brought the Middle East power equation into a new era. Regional powers, by redefining their national and regional interests and positions, began to expand ties with post-revolutionary regimes. Turkey, as one of the influential powers in the region, considered Arab developments as an opportunity to redefine their historical role. This increased with the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt and Ennahda in Tunisia. The Justice and Development Party, a branch of the Muslim Brotherhood, saw the emergence of these currents in the two countries in terms of civilian and cultural expansion, making it an opportunity to strategize its relationship with the new governments in Egypt and Tunisia. The collapse of these currents from the power struggle in Egypt and Tunisia disrupted the regional strategy of Turkey, shifting its inspiration from the Middle East to the military-security phase. The tension in relations with Egypt, the military intervention in Syria is one of the consequences of this policy. The study seeks to investigate Turkey's damage to the fall of the Muslim Brotherhood and, at a later stage, Ankara's attempt to return the group to power. The research hypothesis is that the collapse of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt left Turkey out of the spiritual and cultural role of the region and undermined its position in ordering the Middle East crisis.
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