Travelling to London with Turkish Foreign Minister Davutoglu it was clear the extraordinary events of the past two months have not dented his bubbling confidence in his country's ability to ride the wave, and benefit, a BBC correspondent Jonathan Head said in his article, named, Libya: Turkey's FM Ahmet Davutoglu outlines policy.

“He has been more hyperactive than ever, constantly on the move, continually talking to political leaders in all the countries affected by the Arab Spring,” the article said.

Turkey, Davutoglu says, is backing the process of peaceful democratic transformation, and is telling Arab leaders that.

“As the only Muslim country in NATO for many decades, we have certain sensitivities regarding NATO operations in neighbouring countries' Muslim societies,” Davutoglu said.

Still, the new landscape is a worrying one for a country that has profited so well from the close ties it built with the very regimes now under threat. Syria, which shares a long border with Turkey, is a particular concern.

“Mr Davutoglu assured his government was giving the same message to President Bashar al-Assad that it has given to every other autocratic leader in the region - that he must embrace reform, or risk being swept away by it.

But privately Turkish officials fear a sectarian war, or a wider Middle East conflict, if Mr. Assad is forced out.

Ahmet Davutoglu may go down as one of the most important foreign ministers of modern times, with many successes to his credit.

But the so-called "zero problems with neighbours" policy needs a new name,” the article concluded.