The effect of the transatlantic connection on Turkey's regional affairs cannot be understood through a narrow perspective. It needs to be studied with reference to diverse elements such as the domestic interests, worldviews and ideas of the decision makers, on top of all the structural factors at the global political arena.

This edited volume provides a comprehensive analysis of the transformations in Turkey's transatlantic connection including political, economic, and security relations. The book concentrates on the question of how these transformations in conjuction with several other factors are reflected over Turkey's foreign policy behavior and new alignment preferences. Contributors especially delve into regional affairs of Turkey seeking to show how the transatlantic frame alternatively impact Turkey's policies in different neighborhoods, arguing that Turkish foreign policy cannot be understood without careful analysis of multiple international pressures and changing dynamics at the domestic political scenery.

Chapter 1 - The Evolution of Turkey’s Transatlantic Relations: From Hard Balancing with the West to Soft Balancing the West

Atila Eralp and Zerrin Torun

Chapter 2 – Part of the West Going on with the Rest? The Prospect of (Re)Balancing in Turkey’s Relations with the EU and the USA

Çiğdem Üstün and Ahmet K. Han

Chapter 3 - Political Economy of Turkey’s transatlantic and regional relations

Ş. İnan Rüma

Chapter 4 - The Transatlantic Link in Turkey’s Middle Power Identity

Fulya Aksu Ereker and Sinem Akgül Açıkmeşe

Chapter 5 - New Pathways in Turkey’s Security Relations: The Role of Ever-Changing NATO

Eda Kuşku Sönmez

Chapter 6 - Grey Matters: A Neoclassical Realist View of Turkey’s Transatlantic Relations in Syria

Bezen Balamir Coşkun

Chapter 7 - The Transatlantic approach to Middle Eastern conflicts and Turkey’s role

Nur Köprülü

Chapter 8 - Turkey’s Transatlantic Relations, Eastern Mediterranean, and the changing nature of Turkish-Greek Disputes

Sait Akşit

Chapter 9 - Turkey and Transatlantic Relations: Impact on Regional Balances in the Black Sea

Sinem Ünaldılar Kocamaz

Chapter 10 - Turkey’s Activism and Actorness in the Western Balkans: The Role of Transatlantic Relations

Damla Cihangir Tetik

Chapter 11 - Turkish Public Opinion and Transatlantic Relations

Özgehan Şenyuva and Mustafa Aydın