Cappadocia Journal of Area Studies (CJAS) - June 2022 (original) (raw)

2022, Cappadocia Journal of Area Studies

In this first issue of our journal in 2022, we included five research articles, a review essay and a book review. The first article written by Hasan Ali Karasar deals with a painting on the wall of the "Haralambos Mansion", which serves as the administrative building of Cappadocia University today. The mural painting, which is the subject of the article, depicts an event known as the "Otsu Incident" in an orientalist style. While the Otsu Incident takes its place in the archives as an important development in Russian-Japanese relations, how the depiction of the event was carried to the wall of the mansion in Mustafapaşa is evaluated in detail by the author. The second article by Valeriy Morkva deals with the Ottoman-Russian alliance during the Napoleonic wars. In his article, Morkva analyzes the conditions for the establishment of the Septinsular Republic and the short-lived Russian presence in the Central Mediterranean during this period. The author relies on various published and unpublished sources. In her article, Şeyda Çevikel evaluates the connection between foreign policy and geography through the example of Azerbaijan based on Ibn Khaldun's famous question: "Is geography destiny?". After focusing on concepts such as "geopolitics", "geostrategy" and "geoeconomics" derived from geography in her article, Çevikel evaluates these concepts in terms of Azerbaijan's foreign policy. Çevikel states that Azerbaijan is looking for ways to gain political and economic gains by using hydrocarbon resources in its foreign policy. Sevim Varlıklar, who deals with the issues of neocolonialism and the new scramble of Africa from a different perspective, evaluates the Ghana-China relations within the framework of these concepts. In her article, the author states that although China positions itself differently from Western colonial countries in its relations with Africa, it creates similar patterns of dependency. Evaluating terrorist organizations and terrorist activities in different parts of the world, Mehmet Özer examines the emergence and disintegration processes of ETA, IRA and PKK terrorist organizations, which Spain, England and the Republic of Turkey have been fighting for many years. The only review essay in this issue was written by Özgür Nuhut. Based on his observations about the course of the Russia-Ukraine war, Nuhut claims that Ukraine was prepared for war and Europe is unprepared. The author states that with this war, the idea of ​​a European army was brought back to the agenda and its establishment approved. In his article, Nuhut discusses whether the European Union needs an armed force that can carry out strong and independent operations. The only book review in this issue was written by Şevket Akyıldız. Akyıldız evaluates every aspect of Peter Frankopan's work titled The New Silk Roads: The Present and Future of the World, which was released in 2019.