Foreign Policy of Modern Turkey

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Foreign Policy of Modern Turkey

Power and the Ideology of Eurasianism

Middle Eastern history Social groups: religious groups and communities Nationalism Political leaders and leadership International relations Geopolitics

Author: Ozgur Tufekci

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Language: English

Published by: I.B. Tauris

Published on: 30th January 2017

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 272 pages

ISBN: 9781786721174


In the last three decades, Turkey has attempted to build close relationships with Russia, Iran and the Turkic World.

As a result, there has been ongoing debate about the extent to which Turkey's international relations axis is shifting eastwards. Ozgur Tufekci argues that Eurasianist ideology has been fundamental to Turkish foreign policy and continues to have influence today.

The author first explores the historical roots of Eurasianism in the 19th century, comparing this to Neo-Eurasianism and Pan-Slavism.

The Ozal era (1983-1993), the Cem era (1997-2002) and Davutoglu era (since 2003) are then examined to reveal how foreign policy making has been informed by discourses of Eurasianism, and how Eurasianist ideas were implemented through internal and external socio-economic and political factors.

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