Main Determinants of Turkey’s Foreign Oil and Natural Gas Strategy

Year 2018, Volume: 3 Issue: 2, 114 - 132, 11.09.2018

Remziye Yilmaz-bozkus

https://doi.org/10.30784/epfad.426472

Cited By: 1

Abstract

This
paper has the goal of contributing to the academic literature on Turkey’s
energy strategy in two ways. Firstly, through explaining the role of and
interaction between the most important determinants of Turkey’s foreign oil and
natural gas strategy, the paper aims at contributing to further understanding
of the strategy. Secondly, while a number of academic studies have analyzed
Ankara’s energy policy, they have remained mostly policy-based. Thus, by
describing the key determinative elements of Ankara’s external oil and natural
gas strategy in the framework of Realism and Liberalism, the paper also aims to
fill in this important gap in the academic literature. As shown in this
article, both theories are rather helpful in explaining the principal determinants
of Turkey’s foreign oil and natural gas strategy. The paper argues that the
most crucial determinative elements of the strategy, in terms of the order of
their importance, are the concerns of the country over its energy security, its
goal of becoming an energy hub, several regional developments, the economic and
business partnerships between Turkey and its energy allies, and foreign
ambitions of Turkish energy firms. 

Keywords

Energy Security, (Inter)Dependence, Energy Collaboration, National Interests, Energy Hub

Türkiye’nin Dış Petrol ve Doğal Gaz Stratejisinin Temel Belirleyici Faktörleri

Abstract

Bu çalışma, Türkiye’nin
enerji stratejisi konusunda yapılan akademik literatüre
iki şekilde katkı sunmayı amaçlamaktadır. İlk olarak, bahsi gecen çalışma,
Türkiye’nin dış petrol ve doğal gaz stratejisinin en temel belirleyici
faktörlerini ve bu faktörler arasındaki etkileşimi anlatarak, söz konusu
stratejinin daha çok anlaşılmasına katkıda bulunmayı hedeflemektedir. İkinci
olarak, Ankara’nın enerji politikasını analiz eden birçok akademik çalışma
olmakla beraber, bahsi geçen çalışmalar çoğunlukla politika bazlı kalmıştır. Bu
nedenle, bu çalışma Ankara’nın dış petrol ve doğal gaz stratejisini Realizm ve
Liberalizm çerçevesinde tarif ederek, akademik literatüre katkı sunmayı
hedeflemektedir. Bu çalışmada da gösterildiği gibi, söz konusu iki teori
Türkiye’nin dış petrol ve gaz stratejisinin en önemli belirleyici faktörlerini
anlatmakta oldukça faydalıdır. Sonuç olarak, bu çalışma, bahsi geçen
stratejinin en önemli belirleyici faktörlerinin, önem sırasına göre,
Türkiye’nin enerji güvenliği konusundaki kaygıları, ülkenin enerji merkezi olma
hedefi, bölgedeki bazı gelişmeler, Türkiye ile enerji ortakları arasındaki
ekonomik ortaklık ve Türk enerji firmalarının diğer ülkelerdeki hedefleri
olduğunu ileri sürmektedir.

Keywords

Enerji Güvenliği, (Karşılıklı) Bağımlılık, Enerji İşbirliği, Ulusal Çıkarlar, Enerji Merkezi

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