Cover of Turkish foreign policy

Book 2011

Turkish foreign policy

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Language
English
Published
2011
  • Islam and politics
  • Globalization
  • Nationalism
  • Foreign relations
  • History
  • Turkey, foreign relations
  • Political aspects
  • Diplomatic relations

This book explores how Turkey's contested national identity affects its foreign policy throughout different its recent history since the late Ottoman era. The book takes a constructivist approach in asserting that identity matters for foreign policy decisions, but it separates itself from statist approaches by bringing identity question into domestic politics. The book argues that modern Turkish foreign policy is a product of ideological struggles that have been produced by historical memory and evolved over time.