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Being located in one of the most strategic and problematic regions of the world, Turkey has attracted the interest of foreign policy analysts from all around the world. The multi-dimensional nature of Turkish foreign policy has always provided researchers with a vast subject for research. 1 However, a cursory glance at existing literature on Turkish foreign policy shows that these studies have concentrated either on descriptive or historical analyses. Hardly any work has been done on the decision and policy-making mechanisms and processes of Turkish foreign policy. Thus, the central aim of the present article is to shed light on this rather neglected aspect of Turkish foreign policy in the context of the Caspian Sea oil pipelines project. Here, our main concern will be to analyse the decision and policy-making process rather than to explain Turkish foreign policy on this specific issue. The reasons for choosing the oil …