The Justice and Development Party (JDP) and its new cadre have entered into Turkish
political life by the general elections held in 2002. Prof. Dr. Ahmet Davutoğlu, one of the members
of the new cadre, has been considered as the architect of foreign policy discourse and practices
pursued under JDP rule between 2002-2016. Davutoğlu has become both the theoretician and the
practitioner of foreign policy strategies, which has been built on his “Strategic Depth Doctrine”.
Davutoğlu has aimed to reach a new foreign policy strategy by the new principles such as “multidimensional
foreign policy”, “rhythmic diplomacy”, “zero problems with neighbors”, “maximum
international cooperation”, “proactive foreign policy” and “order instituting actor”. In these
contexts, the aim of the paper is twofold. The irst one is to ind out whether Davutoğlu’s new
foreign policy principles have been implemented in the foreign policy-making processes of the
South Caucasus states of Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Georgia and, if yes, the second one is to deine
the policy relections over Turkey’s foreign relations with these states. For this aim, three speciic
cases, which are critical to these states, have been selected: the Russian-Georgian War (2008), the
Armenian Opening, and the Nagorno-Karabakh Conlict. The method of discourse analysis has
been utilized and Davutoğlu’s books, articles, interviews, and speeches have been reviewed.
The formulation and transition of China’s educational policy from 1978 to 2007: A policy discourse analysis