Erdoğan Albay Erdoğan Albay is Turkey Analyst at World-Check Risk Intelligence, Thomson Reuters. He earned an MA in International Relations and an MSc in Asian Studies from the University of Warwick, Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) and the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University.
Turkey-Singapore Relations: A Manifestation of Turkey’s Growing Interest in SE Asia
The content and scope of Turkish foreign policy has dramatically altered since the Justice and Development Party (AKP) came to power in 2002. The Asia-Pacific region, which was previously a low priority in Turkey’s foreign policy calculations, is gaining increased space within Turkey’s general strategy and long-term planning, and is seen as vital to the growth of its small to medium sized firms, upon which the wealth of Turkey’s growing middle class is based.
