The Justice and Development Party (AK Party), which has shaped Türkiye’s recent political history over the past 25 years, has released its “AK Party 25th Year Vision” document to the public on its 25th anniversary. Titled “From the First Quarter Century to the Second: A Türkiye That Shapes Change,” the new vision goes beyond merely recounting the party’s past achievements. It offers a forward-looking projection of Türkiye’s evolving role in global politics and the transformation of its internal dynamics.
In the preface penned by the President of Türkiye and AK Party Chair Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the statement “The coming quarter century will be the period in which the capacity we have built is transformed into a constitutive impact” encapsulates the document’s central thesis. This perspective signals Türkiye’s ambition to become a constitutive power within the international system. Türkiye's desire to actively shape a fair global system, rather than passively adapting to an international order dictated by others, signals a decisively proactive shift in its foreign policy.
The document sets out the strategic objectives for Türkiye’s second quarter century through a holistic approach organized around 10 core axes. The vision of a pioneering Türkiye in the global system seeks to consolidate a fully independent foreign policy, strengthen the country’s mediating role in regional crises, and elevate it to the status of a constitutive power on the international stage.
