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The Turkey’s response to the Ukrainian crisis could be charaterized by the middle road approach. ... more The Turkey’s response to the Ukrainian crisis could be charaterized by the middle road approach. On the one hand, Turkey has never accepted the Russian illegal annexation of Crimea because Turkey supports the Ukraine’s territorial integrity and the Crimean Tatars in Crimea. On the other hand, Turkey has increased “strategic friendship” with Russia by opposing the Western sanctions against Russia. Most of analysts have explained Turkey’s attitude toward Russian occupation of Crimea because of a high level of Turkey’s dependence on Russian energy and global energy transportation needs. However, Turkey should be sensitive to the Crimean Tatars demands because of long and strong historical, religious and ethnic connections between Turkey and the Crimean Tatars. In this section, we focus on Turkey’s foreign policy responses about the illegal annexation of Crimea by Russia and the Ukrainian crisis. First, the authors have examined the developments in Crimea during the post-Cold War era. Second, the occupation of Crimea by Russia and the Ukranian Crisis has been explained in terms of the Western response. Third, the reaction of the Crimean Tatars toward the Russian action is analyzed in succession to the state of the Crimean Tatars in sense of Turkey’s foreign policy. Last, the recent developments in Crimea is the topic under review.
European University of Lefke Journal of Social Sciences Vol III No I June 2012, 18-43, 2012
In this research Turkey’s foreign policy tendencies on two case studies, one Cold War and one pos... more In this research Turkey’s foreign policy tendencies on two case studies, one Cold War and one post-Cold War were analysed in comparison. The first case is the US Project of Multilateral Force (1965) and the second one is Turkey’s stance to the US intervention in Iraq during the 2003 Iraq War. In the both cases
Turkey stood against the US foreign policy decisions first by its withdrawal from the Multilateral Force project and second by the Turkish Grand National Assembly (TGNA)’s decision on the US involvement in Iraq on the 1st of March. The study elaborates the reasons behind these two cases and discusses their level of being two catalysts for Turkey’s multifaceted foreign policy tendencies and their reflections on Turkish-American relations. This study argues that, within the framework of above-mentioned case studies, the trigger for Turkey’s multilateral foreign policy was the strain in the relations between Ankara and Washington caused by the gap
between their foreign policy expectations even though different historical segments of the international system had differing pecularities.
The Turkey’s response to the Ukrainian crisis could be charaterized by the middle road approach. ... more The Turkey’s response to the Ukrainian crisis could be charaterized by the middle road approach. On the one hand, Turkey has never accepted the Russian illegal annexation of Crimea because Turkey supports the Ukraine’s territorial integrity and the Crimean Tatars in Crimea. On the other hand, Turkey has increased “strategic friendship” with Russia by opposing the Western sanctions against Russia. Most of analysts have explained Turkey’s attitude toward Russian occupation of Crimea because of a high level of Turkey’s dependence on Russian energy and global energy transportation needs. However, Turkey should be sensitive to the Crimean Tatars demands because of long and strong historical, religious and ethnic connections between Turkey and the Crimean Tatars. In this section, we focus on Turkey’s foreign policy responses about the illegal annexation of Crimea by Russia and the Ukrainian crisis. First, the authors have examined the developments in Crimea during the post-Cold War era. Second, the occupation of Crimea by Russia and the Ukranian Crisis has been explained in terms of the Western response. Third, the reaction of the Crimean Tatars toward the Russian action is analyzed in succession to the state of the Crimean Tatars in sense of Turkey’s foreign policy. Last, the recent developments in Crimea is the topic under review.
European University of Lefke Journal of Social Sciences Vol III No I June 2012, 18-43, 2012
In this research Turkey’s foreign policy tendencies on two case studies, one Cold War and one pos... more In this research Turkey’s foreign policy tendencies on two case studies, one Cold War and one post-Cold War were analysed in comparison. The first case is the US Project of Multilateral Force (1965) and the second one is Turkey’s stance to the US intervention in Iraq during the 2003 Iraq War. In the both cases
Turkey stood against the US foreign policy decisions first by its withdrawal from the Multilateral Force project and second by the Turkish Grand National Assembly (TGNA)’s decision on the US involvement in Iraq on the 1st of March. The study elaborates the reasons behind these two cases and discusses their level of being two catalysts for Turkey’s multifaceted foreign policy tendencies and their reflections on Turkish-American relations. This study argues that, within the framework of above-mentioned case studies, the trigger for Turkey’s multilateral foreign policy was the strain in the relations between Ankara and Washington caused by the gap
between their foreign policy expectations even though different historical segments of the international system had differing pecularities.