The Foreign Policy of Modern Turkey: Power and the Ideology of Eurasianism (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781784537425)

In the last three decades, Turkey has attempted to build close relationships with Russia, Iran and the Turkic World. As a result, there has been ongoing debate about the extent to which Turkey's international relations axis is shifting eastwards. Ozgur Tufekci argues that Eurasianist ideology has been fundamental to Turkish foreign policy and continues to have influence today. The author first explores the historical roots of Eurasianism in the 19th century, comparing this to Neo-Eurasianism and Pan-Slavism. The Ozal era (1983-1993), the Cem era (1997-2002) and Davutoglu era (since 2003) are then examined to reveal how foreign policy making has been informed by discourses of Eurasianism, and how Eurasianist ideas were implemented through internal and external socio-economic and political factors.

Author: Ozgur Tufekci
ISBN-10: 178453742X
ISBN-13: 9781784537425
Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
Language: English
Published: 03/30/2017
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.50w x 1.00d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 08/01/2017