Perspectives on Turkey's Multi-Regional Role in the 21st Century

Mujib Alam

• Publisher: KW Publishers
• Year: 2015
• Print ISBN: 9789383649556
• eBook ISBN: 9789385714115
• Edition: 1

This book dwells upon the various aspects of the Turkish foreign policy in the different regions of the world, especially with the dawn of the twenty-first century. Turkey has attracted international attention due to a marked transformation in the country's domestic and external realms, which in turn, has led to an increased activism in its foreign policy actions. Particularly, Turkey's economic rise has fuelled the country's ambition and quest for a more significant role in international affairs. These transformations have come about with the ascendance of the Adalet ve Kalk?nma Partisi (AKP) [or Justice & Development Party (JDP)] to power in 2002. Turkey, under the AKP, moved towards a 'new' direction in the foreign policy and consequently endeavoured to play a larger role in West Asia (Middle East), the Balkans, southern Mediterranean, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Africa and Asia. The country has emerged as a multi-regional player having stakes and tractions on a range of issues in these regions. The several discernible aspects of Turkey's involvement are dealt with in the contributions to this volume.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• List of Abbreviation
• Acknowledgements
• Contributors
• Introduction
• 1. Titanic Shift in the Republic of Turkey from Stasis to Homonoia
• 2. The ‘Alliance of Civilizations’ and Turkish Foreign Policy
• 3. Strategic Depth Doctrine and Turkish Engagement in West Asia
• 4. The Syrian Uprising and Turkey-Syria-Iran Relations
• 5. Turkey–Iran Economic Ties Post-2002
• 6. The Arab Spring and the Turkish Model
• 7. Israel and Turkey: Revisiting the Alliance?
• 8. Turkey’s Middle Eastern Policy: A European Attitude
• 9. A New World Order and its Impact on Turkey–EU Relations
• 10. Turkey’s Dream of the European Union Membership and the Protracted Hurdles to it
• 11. The Gülen (Hizmet) Community in Slovakia and Bosnia:Transnational Movement as a Turkish Foreign Policy Actor
• 12. Turkey’s Cyprus Policy under the AKP
• 13. Uyghur Factor in Turkey’s Relationship with China
• 14. Geopolitics of Central Asia: The Changing Role of Turkey
• 15. Role of Turkey in Making Peace in Afghanistan
• 16. Turkey’s Foreign Aid Programmes and its Foreign Policy Activism in Africa