Turkish Eurasianism and its impact on Turkish foreign policy in the post-Cold War Turkey

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" Turkish Eurasianism and its impact on Turkish foreign policy in the post-Cold War Turkey "
Tufekci, O.

Document Type	:	Latin Dissertation
Record Number	:	831904
Doc. No	:	TLets683893
Main Entry	:	Tufekci, O.
Title & Author	:	Turkish Eurasianism and its impact on Turkish foreign policy in the post-Cold War Turkey\ Tufekci, O.
College	:	Coventry University
Date	:	2015
student score	:	2015
Degree	:	Thesis (Ph.D.)
Abstract	:	This research explores the impact of Eurasianism on Turkish foreign policy since the end of the Cold War. It investigates the discourses of Eurasianism and the way they are interpreted by the polity and consequently implemented in the foreign policy making in Turkey. In this sense, this research was carried out using literature reviews and interviews in order to respond to the following question: Considering that Turkey has increasingly been pursuing an active and multidimensional foreign policy since the end of the Cold War, how have the discourses of Eurasianism been influencing the contemporary Turkish foreign policy making? The research unpacks the dynamics of contemporary Turkish foreign policy and responds to the debate on whether or not Turkey’s international relations axis is shifting eastwards. Having questioned if such a foreign policy shift exists, the thesis then questions to what extent the process has been informed and channelled by Eurasianism by focussing on three periods since the early 1990s: Özal era (1983-1993), Cem era (1997-2002), Davutoğlu era (2003-2011). Finally, the research presents a set of conclusions on how Eurasianism has been a strong influence on foreign policy making in Turkey and what internal and external socio-economic and political factors have played a critical role in this process.
Subject	:	Eurasianism ; Turkish Eurasianism ; Turkish Foreign Policy
Added Entry	:	Coventry University