Research Article

Turkey’s “Opening up to Africa”: From Idea to Full-Fledged Policy

Volume: 9 Number: Toplum & Siyaset March 29, 2021
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Turkey’s “Opening up to Africa”: From Idea to Full-Fledged Policy

Abstract

Turkey’s relations with Sub-Saharan African countries have developed substantially since the 2000s. Existing research has focused on the motivations for this policy and analyzed it from political, economic and cultural aspects. This article seeks to contribute to this literature by focusing on the emergence phase of this policy. An opening towards African countries have come to the agenda in Turkey several times before the 2000s but these attempts either did not turn into full-fledged policies or were abandoned after a change of government. The successful emergence of the post-2000 African policy is in part based on these attempts but also on the strategies adopted by policy entrepreneurs to get support for the opening.

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Details

Primary Language

English

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Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

March 29, 2021

Submission Date

July 16, 2020

Acceptance Date

November 30, 2020

Published in Issue

Year 2021 Volume: 9 Number: Toplum & Siyaset

APA
Bahçecik, Ş. O. (2021). Turkey’s “Opening up to Africa”: From Idea to Full-Fledged Policy. Anemon Muş Alparslan Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, 9(Toplum & Siyaset), 173-179. https://doi.org/10.18506/anemon.770432

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