A Transnational Account of Turkish Foreign Policy

by Hazal Papuççular, Deniz Kuru

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783030428969
Publisher:	Springer International Publishing
Publication date:	05/26/2020
Series:	Middle East Today
Edition description:	1st ed. 2020
Pages:	297
Product dimensions:	5.83(w) x 8.27(h) x 0.00(d)

About the Author

Hazal Papuççular is an Assistant Professor at the Department of International Relations, Istanbul Kültür University, Turkey. She completed her Ph.D. in Modern Turkish History at Boğaziçi University’s Atatürk Institute for Modern Turkish History and has written several books, articles and book chapters on Turkish foreign policy. She is the author of Türkiye ve Oniki Ada (1912-1947) (Türkiye İş Bankası Yayınları, 2019) and is currently focusing on Turkey’s transnational diplomatic history.

Deniz Kuru is a Lecturer of Political Science at Goethe Universität Frankfurt in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Southern California. His current research areas include the intellectual history and sociology of International Relations, German and French foreign policies, Turkey’s global position, global intellectual history and global International Relations. He has published articles in Review of International Studies, International Relations, All Azimuth, Global Affairs and Mediterranean Politics.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Introduction: Transcending the State: A Transnational Account of Turkish Foreign Policy

Part I. Ideas on Turkish Transnationalism: Theory, Practice, and Intellectual Currents

Chapter 2. Transnationalized Accounts of Turkish Foreign Policy

Chapter 3. Transnationality, Foreign Policy Research and the Cosmopolitan Alternative: On the practice of Domestic Global Politics

Chapter 4. Imperial Transnationalism: Turkish Middle East-Oriented Foreign Policy Expert Apparatus (1998-2011)

Part II. Transnationalism in Turkish Diplomacy: A Historical Account

Chapter 5. Transnational Issues, Non-Governmental Organizations and the Genesis of Modern Turkish Diplomacy

Chapter 6. The Sanjak of Alexandretta (Hatay) in Turkish Foreign Policy: A Case of “Accidental Diaspora” and Kin-State Politics

Part III. Asset or Liability? Diasporas and Transnational Communities in Turkish Foreign Policy

Chapter 7. Turkey and Syrian Turkmens in the “New Middle East Cold War”: A Critical View from the Kin-State

Chapter 8. Constructing Liberal Subjects? Turkey’s New Diaspora Strategy

Chapter 9. Jews from Turkey in Israel and Cultural Diplomacy (1996-2006)

Part IV. NGOs as Transnational Actors in the Formation and Implementation of Turkish Foreign Policy

Chapter 10. “Humanitarianism” Transformed? Analyzing the Role of Transnational Humanitarian NGOs in Turkish Foreign Policy towards the Middle East in the 2000s

Chapter 11. Business Actors as Holders of Transnational Relations: What role for them in Turkish Foreign Policy?

Chapter 12. Conclusion