Despite frequent internal changes, the structural determinants provide a significant degree of continuity in Turkish foreign policy. Due to the strong influence of structural determinants, Turkish foreign policy has benefited from its rationality, sense of responsibility, long-term perspective, and realism. Nevertheless, besides the structural factors, international and domestic changes have affected Turkish foreign policy decisions.

Different from the structural factors, dynamic and changeable character of the conjunctural determinants had influence especially on the implementation of foreign policy.