Ideologies and the Western Question in Turkish Foreign Policy: A Neo-classical Realist Perspective

Ovali S., ÖZDİKMENLİ ÇELİKOĞLU İ.

ALL AZIMUTH-A JOURNAL OF FOREIGN POLICY AND PEACE, cilt.9, sa.1, ss.105-126, 2020 (ESCI) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 9 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2020
  • Dergi Adı: ALL AZIMUTH-A JOURNAL OF FOREIGN POLICY AND PEACE
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.105-126
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Turkey, Western Question, Neo-Classical Realism, United States, European Union, ANTI-AMERICANISM, TURKEY, EAST, MILITARY, RISE
  • Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Growing anti-Western sentiments around the world are currently manifesting themselves through divergent ways ranging from peaceful resistance movements to various forms of political violence. In the Middle East, unlike the earlier partially secular and nationalist Cold War anti-Americanism, the current popular anti-Western political movements are heavily equipped with Islamism, which appears to be an all-inclusive ideology and political movement for almost all dissidents. This applies to Turkey as well, despite its relatively long history of secularisation. This research particularly aims therefore to discuss the role of nationalism and Islamism on anti-Western sentiments in Turkish foreign policy through the lens of neo-classical realism and a new, broader conceptual framework: The Western Question. The research examines the contours, contents, and consequences of the problem through comparing two cases, namely the Cyprus problem of the 1970s and the crisis with the West that has surfaced after Turkey's involvement in the Syrian Civil War.