TURKEY'S INTEREST AS A MEDIATOR IN THE RUSSIA-UKRAINE CONFLICT IN MAINTAINING SOUTHEAST EUROPEAN REGIONAL SECURITY STABILITY
Journal: ICCD
Year: 2025

This research analyzes Turkey's mediation role in the Russia-Ukraine conflict, focusing on its fundamental interest in maintaining regional security stability in Southeastern Europe. Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022 drastically transformed the Black Sea Regional Security Complex (RSC) into a zone of confrontation, creating direct military, economic, and social threats to Turkey's national security. Using a qualitative descriptive-analytical method with the framework of Regional Security Comp