Syria as an opportunity for the revival of Turkey's diplomatic

One of the implications of the Syrian crisis is the fallout on Turkish foreign policy . Turkey is one of the countries willing to support the United States in a military attack not only short and to retaliate against the use of poison gas , but would also be in favor of a more wide-ranging action to eradicate the region the regime in Damascus . There are no small friction between the two states , due to Syrian shelling on the ground turkish , that would have been done by mistake , actually in Ankara are convinced that they have been executed in retaliation open to the refugee camps on the border of the two countries , to accommodate Syrian fugitives from the war. However, these reasons are not enough to justify the Turkish determination against Damascus . One of the reasons more plausible and likely consists of Turkey in an attempt to break the international isolation that has sunk . Turkey is enjoying a remarkable economic expansion , which did not , however, allowed to enter Europe , for the refusal of some countries in the EU due to the limited assurances that the government could provide turkish in Brussels , regarding the application and to the validity of human rights and political rights. Ankara, which has suffered a lot of this rejection has turned his gaze to Asia and the Middle East, where its products have found a commercial outlet relevant. Hand in hand with economic growth Turkey began to exert a progressive influence policy Trai Muslim countries of the southern Mediterranean and the countries that fell within the boundaries of the Ottoman Empire . The draft Erdogan , was , in fact, to create a wide area of ​​aggregation for resumption imperial splendor , where Turkey could be the economic and political center . To facilitate this project , there was also support from the religious closeness that made ​​it appear Turkey as a state where Islam was combined to the democratic form of government . The deterioration of diplomatic relations with Iran, Iraq, Syria, Israel, Greece and Armenia , albeit for different reasons , has cracked the success of this project, which was compounded by the difficult internal political crisis and the consequent mismanagement , which has caused heavy criticism in the international scene and dismissed Turkey by the EU in a more clear-cut. You should then add the relationship with Egypt , which became problematic after the expulsion of the Muslim Brotherhood to which Ankara assured unconditional support . It must be specified that part of the responsibility for this lies in the progressive isolation change in the direction of Turkey's foreign policy , which is passed from the exercise of soft power , practiced through the mediation and moderation , in practice , of interference and interference in the internal affairs of other states , which have resulted in findings of partisanship in favor of certain formations and subsequent readings of these behaviors as pursued to gain an advantage for Ankara. It was often of political miscalculations that led the country to abandon turkish acts prior to taking a leading role in the region, but which revealed that Turkey pursues plans to expand its influence , these also to be able to subvert the political balances in place . The result was a general distrust that has created a progressive isolation able to declare a loss of international importance, earned with hard work and commitment, but thanks to a diametrically opposite interpretation of the current policy . In this scenario, despite denials of the turkish government , Syria represents an opportunity to regain international importance , and it remains to be seen whether the proclamations of war can follow any commitment as equity. But the loneliness of Obama in front of the possibility of a military attack against Damascus , may be an opportunity to give prominence to the Turkish foreign policy : the U.S. , in fact, have an absolute need of partners in the intervention and the presence of Turkey alongside the United States play a determining role . Even with a diminished influence in international politics , Ankara remains one of the major players in the region and its support does not go unnoticed in those environments moderate Sunnis who stand for the fall of Assad, who are the same areas where Turkey intends to catch up. The Syrian War was also a war of factions within Islam and compete for the victory of one side or the other has become essential to increase its political weight. This applies to individual movements or formations , but even more so for countries that need to increase their influence in a given field , not necessarily only geographically the world.