The rise of the Justice and Development Party in Turkey in 2002, within the framework of Ahmet Davutoglu's "Strategic Doctrine", created a new approach to the country's foreign policy, which aimed to resolve international conflicts, tensions with neighbors, use soft power, and improve relations with the West. Turkey acted as an active player in the Middle East region, seeking to present a model of democratic governance. However, after the developments of 2011, the revolutions known as the Arab Spring, we witnessed a turn and ups and downs in the country's foreign policy. In this study, using a descriptive and analytical method within the framework of the Copenhagen Security School, we seek to examine the issue of what role external factors have played in the securitization of Turkey's foreign policy. Our hypothesis is that factors such as human rights pressures, lack of membership in the European Union, insecurity in the Middle East, the failed coup of 2016, European and American sanctions, and the issue of tension with Cyprus have led to the securitization of this country's foreign policy. It must be said that due to such issues, distrust has arisen in Turkey's relations with the West and its neighbors, and fear of intervention and the political and security threats that Turkey will face in the present and future regarding these issues has led Erdogan's strategic policy to shift towards securitization rather than diplomatic engagement in order to secure the country's national interests and security in a secure environment.