TÜRK-ERMENİ İLİŞKİLERİ VE THINK-TANK ETKİSİ: DÜŞÜNCE KURULUŞU RAPORLARINDA TÜRK-ERMENİ İLİŞKİLERİ ALGISI

Yıl 2009, Sayı: 33, 83 - 104, 01.05.2009

Aslan Yavuz Şir

Öz

Türk-Ermeni ilişkileri konusunda son yıllarda uluslararası alanda artanilgi, konu hakkında yayımlanan raporlar ve makalelerin sayısı ve niteliğindegörülebilmektedir. Özellikle 2008 yılı Eylül ayında Cumhurbaşkanı AbdullahGül’ün Erivan’a yaptığı ziyaretin ardından gündeme gelen Türk-Ermeniyakınlaşması süreci, uluslararası alanda önemli derecede yankı bulmuştur.Türkiye ve Ermenistan arasında ilişkilerin normalleştirilmesi sürecinde yapılangörüşmeler birçok farklı alanda yürütülmektedir. Protokollerin Türk ve Ermeniyetkililerce imzalanması ise sürecin devamı açısından kritik önem teşkiletmektedir. Önümüzdeki süreçte uluslararası alandaki aktörlerin Türk-Ermeniilişkilerine dair tavırlarını belirlerken göz önüne alacakları parametrelerinneler olabileceğini tanımlamaya çalışmak bir gereklilik haline gelmiştir. Buaraştırmada 2007 yılından bu yana uluslararası alanda Türk-Ermeni ilişkileri,Türk dış politikası, Türk-AB ve Türk-Atlantik ilişkilerinde Ermenistankonularında yayımlanmış raporlar ve makaleler incelenmiştir. Bu rapor vemakalelerde uluslararası toplum tarafından Türk-Ermeni ilişkileri konusundaönerilen politika seçenekleri ve muhtemel gelişmeler dikkate alınmış, temel bazısorulara yanıt aranmıştır

Anahtar Kelimeler

Türk, Ermeni, Think-Tank, Rapor

TURKISH-ARMENIAN RELATIONS: “THE THINK-TANK EFFECT"

Öz

The increase in the interest on Turkish-Armenian relations withinthe international realm can be seen through the numbers and properties ofpublished articles and reports on this subject. Especially, the TurkishArmenian rapprochement process being brought forward following PresidentAbdullah Gül’s visit to Yerevan in September 2008, has drawn seriousattention within the international sphere. The negotiations held for thenormalization of Turkey-Armenia relations has been conducted in manydifferent areas. The protocols being signed by Turkish and Armenianauthorities carries crucial importance for the continuing of this process. While the international actors are determining their attitudes regarding the TurkishArmenian
relations, attempting to identify what the parameters might be that they
must venture has become a matter of necessity in the forthcoming process. In this
research, reports and articles published from 2007 onwards on the Armenian
issue within the scope of Turkish-Armenian relations in the international realm,
Turkish foreign policy, Turkish-EU and Turkish-Atlantic relations has been
examined. In these reports and articles, the international community’s proposed
policy options for Turkish-Armenian relations and prospective developments have
been taken into consideration and replies to several essential questions have tried
to be obtained.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Armenians, Think-Tank, Report, Foreign Policy

Kaynakça

• Bibliyografya ‹ncelenen Raporlar
• 1. ARI – Elcano Royal Institute – ‹spanya: Turkey and Armenia Move to Bury the Hatchet (May 2009)
• 2. Brookings Institution: “US-Turkish Relations: A Historic Era” (April 2009)
• 3. CSIS – Center for Strategic and International Studies: Turkey's Evolving Dynamics (MArch 2009)
• 4. International Crisis Group: Turkey and Armenia: Opening Minds, Opening Borders (April 2009)
• 5. Eurasia Partnership Foundation & Norsk Utenrikspolitisk Institut: The Dynamics of Change in the South Caucasus: Armenia and Azerbaijan (November 2008)
• 6. German Marshall Fund: As Turkey and Armenia Inch Toward Reconciliation Both Sides Talk the Talk, but Can They Walk the Walk? (October 2008)
• 7. Fokus Südkaukasus & Friedrich Ebert Stiftung: Changing Armenia-Turkish Relations (January 2009)
• 8. The Armenian Center for National and International Studies: Forward to the Past: Russia, Turkey and Armenia's Faith (October 2008)
• 9. Friedrich Ebert Stiftung & Analytical Centre on Globalization and Regional Cooperation: Agenda for Armenian Foreign Policy 2009-2010 (2009)
• 10. European Stability Initiative: Noah's Dove Returns: Armenia, Turkey and the Debate on Genocide (April 2009)
• 11. Congressional Research Service Report for Congress (US Congress): Turkey: Selected Foreign Policy Issues and U.S. Views (August 2008)
• 12. German Development Institute: The Domestic Context of Turkey's Changing Foreign Policy Towards the Middle East and the Caspian Region (May 2009)
• 13. TESEV: Turkey-Armenia Relations: A Vicious Circle (November 2008)
• 14. TESEV & Caucasus Institute: Breaking the Vicious Circle (April 2009)
• 15. European Parliament- Directorate General External Policies of the Union: The Closed Armenia-Turkey Border: Economic and Social Effects, Including Those on the People; and Implications for the Overall Situation in the Region (August 2007) Türk-Ermeni ‹liflkileri ve Think-Tank Etkisi: Düflünce Kuruluflu Raporlar›nda Türk-Ermeni ‹liflkileri Alg›s› 204 Aslan Yavuz fi‹R Ermeni Araflt›rmalar› 2009, Sayı 33-34
• 16. Center for Eastern Studies / OSW: Turkey’s Game For The Caucasus, Maciej Falkowski (October, 2009)
• 17. Bertelsmann Stiftung: After Soccer Diplomacy: The Turkish-Armenian Relations (October , 2009)
• 18. International Crisis Group: Nagorno-Karabagh: Getting to a Breakthrough (October 2009)
• 19. BertelsmannStiftung: After Soccer Diplomacy: The Turkish Armenian Relations (October 2009)
• 20. Center for Eastern Studies: Turkey’s Game for the Caucasus, OSW Commentary, by Maciej Falkowski (October 2009)
• 21. IFRI: Armenia, a Russian Outpost in the Caucasus?, by Gaidz Minassian (February 2008) ‹kincil Kaynaklar
• 1. “Interview with Vartan Oskanian” by Nursun Erel - TNA/Yerevan, The New Anatolian, 04 December 2006
• 2. Lütem, Ömer Engin “Facts and Comments” Review of Armenian Studies, Number 10, Volume 4 – 2006
• 3. “Cooling Off”, The Economist, April 27, 2009 http://www.economist.com/daily/news/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13565679 Last Access: November 12, 2009
• 4. Görgülü, Aybars