Research Article

Ontological Concerns, Historical Realities and Conjunctural Developments: Continuity and Change in Turkey’s Relations with Russia

Number: 96 (TBMM’NİN 100. YILI ÖZEL SAYISI) January 20, 2021
  • Şaban Halis Çalış
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Ontological Concerns, Historical Realities and Conjunctural Developments: Continuity and Change in Turkey’s Relations with Russia

Abstract

The aim of this article is to analyse the reasons behind continuity and change in Turkey’s relations with Russia and to question the limits of cooperation between the two nations by using historical and current developments as cases. The article proposes that it would be misleading to take into account certain recent cooperation points only, for instance in Syria, in order to reach for a better understanding about the nature of the relations. Instead, any attempt to understand the reasons for continuity and change in Turkey’s relations with Russia necessitates a framework built on conceptual and historical materials, as well as an analysis of conjunctural developments. Indeed, the history of the relations with Russia goes back to the emergence of the Russians in Euro-Asian region, but the relationship cannot be analysed without first understanding the mutual ontological concerns that both nations have had for centuries. As the Turks played an important role as the other in the construction of a Russian national identity, the rise of a Russian state in Euro-Asia became possible, to a great extent, with the decline of the Turks in this same region. The manuscript concludes that this historical reality that created a deep ontological concern particularly in Turkey still has the potential for renewed conflicts, despite of some recent cooperation with Moscow.

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English

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Research Article

Authors

Şaban Halis Çalış This is me
0000-0002-6360-3787
Türkiye

Publication Date

January 20, 2021

Submission Date

November 6, 2020

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Published in Issue

Year 2021 Number: 96 (TBMM’NİN 100. YILI ÖZEL SAYISI)

APA
Çalış, Ş. H. (2021). Ontological Concerns, Historical Realities and Conjunctural Developments: Continuity and Change in Turkey’s Relations with Russia. Bilig, 96 (TBMM’NİN 100. YILI ÖZEL SAYISI), 177-205. https://doi.org/10.12995/bilig.9607
AMA
1.Çalış ŞH. Ontological Concerns, Historical Realities and Conjunctural Developments: Continuity and Change in Turkey’s Relations with Russia. Bilig. 2021;(96 (TBMM’NİN 100. YILI ÖZEL SAYISI):177-205. doi:10.12995/bilig.9607
Chicago
Çalış, Şaban Halis. 2021. “Ontological Concerns, Historical Realities and Conjunctural Developments: Continuity and Change in Turkey’s Relations With Russia”. Bilig, no. 96 (TBMM’NİN 100. YILI ÖZEL SAYISI): 177-205. https://doi.org/10.12995/bilig.9607.
EndNote
Çalış ŞH (January 1, 2021) Ontological Concerns, Historical Realities and Conjunctural Developments: Continuity and Change in Turkey’s Relations with Russia. Bilig 96 (TBMM’NİN 100. YILI ÖZEL SAYISI) 177–205.
IEEE
[1]Ş. H. Çalış, “Ontological Concerns, Historical Realities and Conjunctural Developments: Continuity and Change in Turkey’s Relations with Russia”, Bilig, no. 96 (TBMM’NİN 100. YILI ÖZEL SAYISI), pp. 177–205, Jan. 2021, doi: 10.12995/bilig.9607.
ISNAD
Çalış, Şaban Halis. “Ontological Concerns, Historical Realities and Conjunctural Developments: Continuity and Change in Turkey’s Relations With Russia”. Bilig. 96 (TBMM’NİN 100. YILI ÖZEL SAYISI) (January 1, 2021): 177-205. https://doi.org/10.12995/bilig.9607.
JAMA
1.Çalış ŞH. Ontological Concerns, Historical Realities and Conjunctural Developments: Continuity and Change in Turkey’s Relations with Russia. Bilig. 2021;:177–205.
MLA
Çalış, Şaban Halis. “Ontological Concerns, Historical Realities and Conjunctural Developments: Continuity and Change in Turkey’s Relations With Russia”. Bilig, no. 96 (TBMM’NİN 100. YILI ÖZEL SAYISI), Jan. 2021, pp. 177-05, doi:10.12995/bilig.9607.
Vancouver
1.Şaban Halis Çalış. Ontological Concerns, Historical Realities and Conjunctural Developments: Continuity and Change in Turkey’s Relations with Russia. Bilig. 2021 Jan. 1;(96 (TBMM’NİN 100. YILI ÖZEL SAYISI):177-205. doi:10.12995/bilig.9607

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