Praxeology of Turkey in the Syrian Developments in light of the Doctrine of Strategic Depth

Turkey is a country of geopolitical and geostrategic importance, which didn’t give any considerable attention towards the Middle East before the Justice and Development Party came to power. However, as the party came to power, Turkey played an active role in the region in line with the “zero problem” policy. Although Turkey tried to bring to zero level the problems with neighbors after the Syrian crisis started, it adopted a complicated position ranging from mediation trough supporting the opposition to struggling to topple Bashshar Asad. Having been carried out with descriptive-analytical method, this research intends to develop a praxeology of Turkey in the Syrian crisis in light of the doctrine of strategic depth. The findings of this research explain three types of behaviors-namely, mediating, creating a Muslim Brotherhood belt, playing a role in the West's puzzle to contain Iran and the Axis of Resistance in in order to its strategic depth.