Turkish Foreign Policy [electronic resource] : Islam, Nationalism, and Globalization /
Kösebalaban, H.author.
This book explores how Turkey's contested national identity has affected its foreign policysince the late Ottoman era. The book takes a constructivist approach, asserting that identity matters for foreign policy decisions, but it separates itself from statist approaches by bringing identity question into domestic politics.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Conceptual and theoretical outline -- Ottoman origins of Turkish identity discourses -- Kemalist nationalism and foreign policy isolationism (1923-1950) -- Liberal reorientation of Turkish foreign policy : pro-western assertiveness (1950-1960) -- Foreign policy in the shadow of military interventions (1960-1980) -- Searching for a post-cold war identity, 1983-2002 -- Turkey under the AKP : an emerging power in the age of globalization.
This book explores how Turkey's contested national identity has affected its foreign policysince the late Ottoman era. The book takes a constructivist approach, asserting that identity matters for foreign policy decisions, but it separates itself from statist approaches by bringing identity question into domestic politics.
Ethnology-Asia.
International relations.
Middle East-Politics and government.
Political science.
Political theory.
Globalization.
Asian Culture.
International Relations.
Middle Eastern Politics.
Political Science.
Political Theory.
Globalization.