A Transnational Account of Turkish Foreign Policy

Hazal Papuççular, Deniz Kuru, Hazal Papuççular, Deniz Kuru

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Year: 2020
• ISBN:
  9783030428976
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: Middle Eastern Politics
• Index: Politics & International Relations

This book offers an analysis of Turkish foreign policy based on transnational(ist) perspectives. In order to counterbalance the state-centric accounts that dominate this area of study, the authors provide theoretical frameworks as well as historical and contemporary case studies that emphasize transnational dynamics. The content is divided into four complementary sections that explain and exemplify transnational (f)actors in the context of Turkish foreign policy. The first addresses theoretical and ideational frameworks that illustrate the relevance of a transnational account, while the second demonstrates the possibility of developing transnationally oriented approaches even in historical cases, going beyond a presentist focus. In the third and fourth sections, the book focuses on two prominent non-state actors, namely diaspora communities and non-governmental organizations, which operate at the interstices of the domestic and the international. This allows the authors to highlight the significance of transnational dynamics in Turkey's foreign policy.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Front Matter
• Part I. Introduction
• Part II. Ideas on Turkish Transnationalism: Theory, Practice, and Intellectual Currents
• Part III. Transnationalism in Turkish Diplomacy: A Historical Account
• Part IV. Asset or Liability? Diasporas and Transnational Communities in Turkish Foreign Policy
• Part V. NGOs as Transnational Actors in the Formation and Implementation of Turkish Foreign Policy
• Part VI. Conclusion
• Back Matter