IR scholars have recently started to investigate the role of emotions in the interstate relations. Based on the assumption that emotions are integral parts of decision making processes which can act as a motivator for the behaviors of the states; the paper analyzes the role of emotions in Turkish foreign policy decision making processes. It is predicted that the emotions of trust and justice act as variables that are operating in the decision making processes of Turkish government in the time periods of 2008 to 2011 for the Turkish-Israeli relations, and from 2011 to 2012 for the Turkish-Syrian relations. A comparative case study method is combined with discourse analysis to evaluate the role of emotions in the decision making processes of Justice and Development Party (JDP) government towards Syria and Israel. The discourse is accepted as a suitable ground for capturing state emotions, and official discourses of the JDP government and Prime Minister Erdogan are analyzed accordingly to measure how emotions are parts of the foreign policy decisions and actions of Turkish government. It is found that the security concerns of Turkish government on its borders trigger the emotion of trust (low levels of trust), and it leads to the interrupted political relations; and humanitarian concerns of Turkey over Gaza trigger the emotion of justice (low levels of justice), and it leads to the interrupted political relations. JDP government's decision to reduce the level of diplomatic relations with Syria and Israel is accepted as the signifier for the disruption of the political relations. The results are consistent with the assumption that low level of emotional attachments between the states act as a variable which can affect the states' evaluation of each other; and low level of emotional attachments can generate deteriorating relations between the states.
