Turkish Foreign Policy And Its Regional Implications

Author : Meliha Benli Altunişik
Publisher : Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research
ISBN 13 : 9948144198
Total Pages : 12 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Turkish Foreign Policy and its Regional Implications written by Meliha Benli Altunişik and published by Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research. This book was released on 2011-09-06 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Turkey’s Middle East policy has transformed in recent years and is now more involved in the region, employs more soft power tools and actively engages in third party roles in regional conflicts. Turkey has improved its relations with bordering states as a result of its “zero problems with neighbors” policy. This paper examines the elements of a new Turkish foreign policy in the Middle East and focuses on the reasons for its evolution as well as its structural conditions and political leadership. In discussing these factors this paper aims to identify the circumstances that have created an opening for change. It is argued that those structural conditions which emerged at the beginning of the new millennium coincided with a strategic political leadership that led to this transformation. It is also emphasized that “pull factors” have been important for a new Turkish engagement with the Middle East. Perspectives on Turkey in the region have become more positive in recent years. However, different actors in the Arab world have different perceptions of Turkey and its importance for the region. Some focus on Turkey as a strategic asset in the constantly shifting and highly volatile regional balance of power, while others perceive Turkey more as an important economic partner and critical for the debates on political reform in the region. Finally, this paper focuses on the issue of sustainability of Turkish foreign policy in the Middle East in the face of certain challenges, especially the so-called “Arab Spring”, which has presented difficulties for Turkey in light of the instabilities in various Arab countries and has challenged Turkey’s political and economic interests. The AKP government’s policy towards the region has therefore been evolving and during its first term it positioned itself outside of the polarizations and conflicts in the region and firmly tied its policy to the EU accession process. Such a policy was not only good for Turkey – providing political and economic opportunities – it was also beneficial for the Middle East. However, since 2008 the AKP government’s policy has begun to shift slightly and Turkey would appear to have become more involved in regional polarizations, particularly in relation to Israel and Iran. The weakening of the EU anchor has further contributed to Turkey’s entanglement in the Middle East and the challenge now for Turkey has grown since the geo-political conditions that made Turkey more active in the region have changed. Ultimately, the success of Turkish diplomacy in the Middle East will depend on how far it will manage to respond to the momentous transformations taking place in the region.

Author : Ýdris Demir
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1443869309
Total Pages : 185 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Turkey's Foreign Policy Towards the Middle East written by Ýdris Demir and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2017-01-06 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book investigates the effects of the Arab Spring on Turkish foreign policy using a multidimensional approach that draws on a wide range of disciplines from international relations to sociology and economics. The demands for democracy that began in Tunisia, when Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on fire in 2010, rapidly spread across the Arab Middle East and Northern Africa. In countries dominated by authoritarian regimes, a freedom and sovereignty movement led by middle-class urbanites changed the quality of politics in the region. The focus and dynamics of the Arab Spring varied across countries where large-scale demonstrations were held, such as Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Yemen, Syria, Jordan and Bahrain. While protests in Jordan and Bahrain had few consequences, they brought about changes in governments in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and Yemen. After the regime in Syria exerted all its strength to stay in power, the issue gained a regional, then international, dimension. The most bloody and complicated struggle caused by the wave of changes continues in Syria, with undoubtedly serious implications for Turkish foreign policy. As a counter-stance against the status quo in the Middle East, the Arab Spring has stimulated many discussions and this has led to the emergence of new regional actors.

Author : İdris Bal
Publisher : Universal-Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1581124236
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Turkish Foreign Policy in Post Cold War Era written by İdris Bal and published by Universal-Publishers. This book was released on 2004 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the end of Cold War discipline the world has entered a new era. Parameters have changed; new handicaps as well as new opportunities have been created for countries. Turkey as a neighbor of former USSR, a member of NATO and located at the center of a sensitive region covered by Caucasus, Balkans and Middle East, has been affected by the end of Cold War radically. Turkey has lost some of her bargaining cards in the new era and therefore has needed new arguments. This need encouraged Turkey to take active steps in Post Cold War era. This book analyzes Turkey s relations with US, EU, Balkans, Middle East, Caucasus, Central Asia, Russia, China and Japan. At the same time, effects of economic crises and domestic developments on foreign policy, Turkish model in Turkish foreign policy, water conflict and Kurdish problem are analyzed as well. To conclude, it is possible to argue that although Turkey lost some of her bargaining cards in Post Cold War era, new developments pushed Turkey to the center of world politics rather then to periphery. Contributors: Meliha Benli Altunisik, Deniz Ülke Aribogan, Hüseyin Bagci, Idris Bal, Zeyno Baran, Fulya Kip Barnard, Erol Bulut, Ibrahim S. Canbolat, Saziye Gazioglu, Ramazan Gözen, Saban Kardas, H. Bülent Olcay, Cengiz Okman, Henry E. Paniev, Victor Panin, Dirk Rochtus, Faruk Sönmezoglu, Gül Turan, Ilter Turan, Mustafa Türkes, Nasuh Uslu.

Author : Birsen Erdoğan
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030976378
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Critical Readings of Turkey’s Foreign Policy written by Birsen Erdoğan and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-04-28 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book covers selected topics on contemporary Turkish Foreign Policy to understand and critically analyze the ideas, discourses, actors, processes and structures in the foreign policymaking. It provides the readers with a compilation of chapters on the critical analysis of Turkey’s changing positionality and foreign policy identity. In doing so, it draws on the tools and perspectives offered by the critical theories and approaches in International Relations and relevant disciplines. Most of the chapters included in this project deal with the dramatic metamorphoses that took place in Turkish Foreign Policy during the period when the Justice and Development Party ruled and their ongoing consequences.

Author : Lenore G. Martin
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 9780262632430
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Future of Turkish Foreign Policy written by Lenore G. Martin and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Turkish foreign policy and its implications for Eurasian security.

Author : Mustafa Aydin
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351773887
Total Pages : 307 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Turkey's Foreign Policy in the 21st Century written by Mustafa Aydin and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-06-04 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Title first published in 2003. In this insightful book, the authors explore Turkey's role within a globalizing world and, as a new century unfolds, examine a nation at the crossroads of both time and space within the international political order. Chapters consider Turkey's policy history, its prospects and policy issues and discuss them with positive alternatives outlined for Turkish policy-makers and the academics who examine them.

Author : Gülnur Aybet
Publisher : Royal United Services Institute (RUSI)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Turkey's Foreign Policy and Its Implications for the West written by Gülnur Aybet and published by Royal United Services Institute (RUSI). This book was released on 1994 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: En studie i Tyrkiets situation efter den kolde krigs ophør.

Author : F. Stephen Larrabee
Publisher : Rand Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0833034049
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Turkish Foreign Policy in an Age of Uncertainty written by F. Stephen Larrabee and published by Rand Corporation. This book was released on 2003-01-14 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors describe the challenges and opportunities facing Turkey in the international environment during a time of extraordinary flux. Special emphasis is given to the strategic and security issues facing Turkey, including a number of new issues posed by the terrorist attacks of September 2001 and the subsequent international response. They conclude by offering some prognostications regarding the country's future and their implications on Turkey's western partners.

Author : Hüseyin Işıksal
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 331959897X
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Turkey’s Relations with the Middle East written by Hüseyin Işıksal and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-09-18 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume examines contemporary political relations between Turkey and the Middle East. In the light of the Arab Uprisings of 2011, the Syria Crisis, the escalation of regional terrorism and the military coup attempt in Turkey, it illustrates the dramatic fluctuations in Turkish foreign policy towards key Middle Eastern countries, such as Iran, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Syria and Iraq. The contributors analyze Turkey’s deepening involvement in Middle Eastern regional affairs, also addressing issues such as terrorism, social and political movements and minority rights struggles. While these problems have traditionally been regarded as domestic matters, this book highlights their increasingly regional dimension and the implications for the foreign affairs of Turkey and countries in the Middle East.

Author : Jim Zanotti
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 61 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Turkey written by Jim Zanotti and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 61 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: