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Turkey’s efforts of recent years to enhance its influence in the Middle East have been stymied by the upheavals in the Arab world. The lack of regional stability has affected Turkey’s relations with the neighboring countries in the region and complicated its regional situation, both with regard to maintenance of its current standing, and even more so with regard to the expansion of its influence. The events of the Middle East have even impacted on Turkey’s domestic problems. While it is a mistake to make a direct connection between the “Arab Awakening” and the domestic tension in Turkey, it would nevertheless appear that the indirect influences of the protest that began in the Arab world in late 2010 have not bypassed Turkey.