A Neoclassical Realist Analysis of Turkey’s Foreign Policy Towards Egypt in the Period Following the 25 January Revolution

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Sancak İ.

ASIAN JOURNAL OF MIDDLE EASTERN AND ISLAMIC STUDIES, cilt.0, sa.0, ss.1-34, 2026 (ESCI)

• Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
• Cilt numarası: 0 Sayı: 0
• Basım Tarihi: 2026
• Doi Numarası: 10.1080/25765949.2026.2661133
• Dergi Adı: ASIAN JOURNAL OF MIDDLE EASTERN AND ISLAMIC STUDIES
• Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)
• Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1-34
• Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Until the 25 January Revolution of 2011, Türkiye’s foreign policy

towards Egypt largely followed the same line as that of the Western

world, but this changed in the wake of the revolution. The conservative

government in Türkiye played a decisive role in this shift. In

2012, the Muslim Brotherhood (Ikhwan) rose to power in Egypt.

Türkiye pursued a different policy from many other actors and

established extremely positive relations with the Ikhwan. Following

the ousting of the Ikhwan from power, Türkiye adopted a highly

critical stance towards the new administration and maintained limited

diplomatic relations with it for a long period. However, in the

2020s, a return to a more traditional stance in policy towards Egypt

was observed. Unlike many other studies, this work analyses the

subject within a theoretical framework and argues that the fluctuations

in Türkiye’s foreign policy towards Egypt during this period

can only be explained from a neoclassical realist perspective.