Essays about: "Turkish foreign policy"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 12 essays containing the words Turkish foreign policy.

1. 1. Greek-Turkish Ideational Antagonism and Exclusive Economic Zones : A Discourse Analysis of the EU Response to the Erdogan Regime Challenging UNCLOS in the Eastern Mediterranean

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

   Author : Christos Ioannou Naoum; [2023]
   Keywords : Greek-Turkish relations; EU identity; De-Europeanization; international maritime law; social constructivism; EEZ delimitation;

   Abstract : This paper emphasizes a social constructivist theoretical viewpoint when looking to analyze the EEZ dispute in the Eastern Mediterranean between Turkey and Greece. The recent authoritarian shift taken by Turkey, moving away from EU and international law values under the regime of President Erdogan has caused an aggravation of the chronically present tensions with its EU neighbour and NATO ally. READ MORE

3. 2. Islam in Turkey's foreign policy: 2014-2020

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)

   Author : Ludvig Engström; [2021]
   Keywords : Turkey; Middle East; Erdoğan; AKP; Islam; Islamization; religion; foreign policy; international relations; liberalism; constructivism;

   Abstract : The Islamization of the Turkish state has been the center of much attention since the beginning of Erdoğan’s time in government, and yet a noticeable lack of contemporary analysis surrounding Islam in Turkish foreign policy can be observed. Drawing from the IR theories of liberalism and constructivism, this paper aims to partially fill this gap by examining the effects of Islam on Turkey’s foreign policy between 2014-2020 by means of a qualitative case study. READ MORE

4. 3. Actor or ally? Exploring Sweden’s involvement in Turkish gender politics through the Swedish Consulate General in Istanbul

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Genusvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Maja Fregert Tolgraven; [2020]
   Keywords : gender equality; feminist foreign policy; civil society; Turkey; EU accession; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The aim of this project is to study the implementation of Sweden’s feminist foreign policy through its gender equality enchancing foreign aid to Turkish civil society, managed by The Swedish Consulate General in Istanbul. Through a multi-methods study based on document analysis of project grant cases in 2019, and in-depth interviews with Consulate staff and representatives from partner organizations, the study maps a web of different actors and processes of change in Turkish gender politics: states, civil society, segments of the public and the international community. READ MORE

5. 4. The End of 'Turkish Exceptionalism' : Turkish foreign policy re-orientation during Erdoğan's era

   University essay from Försvarshögskolan/Statsvetenskapliga avdelningen

   Author : Carl Bengtsson; [2019]
   Keywords : Turkiet; utrikespolitisk förändring; politisk islam; kemalism;

   Abstract : This study investigates the foreign policy re-orientation Turkey has undergone since the Islamist AKP came to power in 2002. The analysis is conducted by way of a case study and use of the congruence method. The aim of the study is to explain the outcome on the basis of two competing theories, which may also be complementary. READ MORE

6. 5. Changing Course in Turkish Foreign Policy - Explaining the Change in Turkish Foreign Policy in 2010s in the context of the Middle Eastern Security Complex

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Emir Cem Aslanargun; [2015]
   Keywords : Turkish foreign policy; foreign policy change; foreign policy analysis; foreign policy; decision-making; decision unit; leadership; Middle East; security complex; regional structure; internal transformation; Arab uprising; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : This study investigates why there is a change in Turkish foreign policy in 2010s in the context of the Middle Eastern security complex through a “before-after” comparison. The main argument of the present research is that the change in the Middle Eastern regional security complex brought by the Arab uprisings, which is perceived and mediated by the Turkish foreign policy-makers through a foreign policy decision-making process, led to changes in Turkish foreign policy. READ MORE