Turkey in Africa: A New Emerging Power?

by Elem Eyrice Tepeciklioglu (Editor), Ali Onur Tepeciklioglu (Editor)

Overview

This book offers a comprehensive and multi-disciplinary analysis of Turkey-Africa relations.

Bringing together renowned authors to discuss various dimensions of Turkey’s African engagement while casting a critical analysis on the sustainability of Turkey-Africa relations, this book draws upon the rising power literature to examine how Turkish foreign policy has been conceptualized and situated theoretically. Moving from an examination of the multilateral dimension of Turkey’s Africa policy with a focus on soft power instruments of public diplomacy, humanitarian/development assistance, religious activities and airline diplomacy, it then illuminates the economic and military dimensions of Turkey’s policy including trade relations, business practices, security cooperation and peacekeeping discourse. Overall, it shows how Turkey’s African opening can be integrated into its wider interest in gaining global power status and its desire to become a strong regional power.

This book will be of key interest to scholars and students of Turkish foreign policy/politics, African politics, and more broadly to international relations.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781000391725
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	07/11/2021
Series:	Routledge Studies in African Politics and International Relations
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	292
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Elem Eyrice Tepeciklioğlu is a faculty member at Yasar University, International Law Implementation and Research Center, Turkey.

Ali Onur Tepeciklioğlu is a faculty member at Ege University, Department of International Relations, Turkey.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Contextualizing Turkey’s Africa Policy Part 1: Historical, Theoretical and Political Foundations of Turkey-Africa Relations 1. Theorizing Turkey’s Africa Policy: Turkey as a Rising Power 2. Ottoman Empire and Africa at the Age of Colonial Expansion: Appreciating the Loyalty of African Muslims, Debating the Colonial Rupture 3. Turkey-Africa Relations: A Retrospective Analysis 4. Being "Southern" without Being of the Global South: The Strange Case of Turkey South-South Cooperation in Africa Part 2: Economic Relations and Military Strategies 5. The Political Economy of Turkey Africa Relations 6. Interplay between Identity and Trade in Turkey-Africa Relations 7. Turkey’s Military Strategy in Africa 8. Turkey and UNPKO in Africa: Reluctant Multilateralism Part 3: Turkey’s Soft Power 9. "The Voice of The Voiceless": Turkey’s Public Diplomacy in Africa 10. Turkey's Development Assistance in Africa in the 2000s: Hybrid Humanitarianism in the Post-Liberal Era 11. Turkey’s Religious Diplomacy in Africa 12. Turkish Airlines as a Source of Turkey’s Soft Power in Africa 13. Turkey’s Diplomatic Charm Offensive in Sub-Saharan Africa: Is Ankara Winning the Hearts and Minds of Africans? Conclusion: Turkey, Just another Emerging Power in Africa?