Abstract
This article analyses the US-Turkish relationship in the Middle East. Washington and Ankara’s policies have clashed in Syria, Iran, Israel, Egypt, the GCC states and Iraq. The two NATO members strongly disagree over military sales, the extradition of Fetullah Gulen, the leader of the Hizmet movement accused of fomenting the 2016 coup attempt who is ensconced in Pennsylvania, and their ideological visions often diverge with President Erdoğan’s affinity for the Muslim Brotherhood. Through the use of realist and constructivist theories the article examines the decisions of Presidents Erdoğan, George W. Bush, Barack Obama and Donald Trump as they have impacted US-Turkish relations in the Middle East. The realist lens raises issues of changing systems and questions of balancing, while the constructivist lens is employed to examine the weighty ideational and identity issues prevailing in the region. The article concludes by applying the theoretical analysis to policy solutions.
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