Türkiye’s Foreign Policy Toward Russia in the Syrian Civil War
Journal: Obrana a strategie (Defence & Strategy)
Year: 2025

This article provides an interpretive case study of Türkiye’s official foreign policy discourse towards Russia in the context of the Syrian civil war between 2014 and 2024. Grounded in realist constructivism, the study assumes that power is central to international politics and international relations are socially constructed. By combining macro-structural and micro-interactional approaches to discourse analysis, the research traces the evolution of dominant discourses and shared meanings —such