Research Article

Turkey’s National Security Perceptions in the Early Republican Period

Volume: 16 Number: 31 December 11, 2022
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Turkey’s National Security Perceptions in the Early Republican Period

Abstract

This study seeks answers to the questions of what the national security environment of Turkey looked like in the early years of the Republic and what the main threat perceptions were. Since the Republic was declared after a war of national independence, Turkey pursued a foreign policy aimed at securing its independence and sovereign rights and tried to consolidate the newly established regime. Security perceptions shaped in this framework played an important role in determining Turkey’s national security policies in the following years. The experience of the War of Independence is one of the most important sources of Turkey’s sensitivity to its full independence and sovereignty rights. The construction of a new political regime and national state with the proclamation of the Republic shaped the perceptions of threats to the security of the regime. The tensions in the European great power politics in the interwar period are one of the important developments that reveal Turkey’s pro-status quo and defensive security understanding. In this context, it is argued that it is important to evaluate Turkey’s historical experience in the early years of the Republic in terms of understanding today’s national security policies.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

International Relations

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

December 11, 2022

Submission Date

September 26, 2021

Acceptance Date

November 14, 2022

Published in Issue

Year 2022 Volume: 16 Number: 31

APA
Ozan, E. (2022). Turkey’s National Security Perceptions in the Early Republican Period. Gazi Akademik Bakış, 16(31), 1-17. https://doi.org/10.19060/gav.1217241
AMA
1.Ozan E. Turkey’s National Security Perceptions in the Early Republican Period. Gazi Akademik Bakış. 2022;16(31):1-17. doi:10.19060/gav.1217241
Chicago
Ozan, Emre. 2022. “Turkey’s National Security Perceptions in the Early Republican Period”. Gazi Akademik Bakış 16 (31): 1-17. https://doi.org/10.19060/gav.1217241.
EndNote
Ozan E (December 1, 2022) Turkey’s National Security Perceptions in the Early Republican Period. Gazi Akademik Bakış 16 31 1–17.
IEEE
[1]E. Ozan, “Turkey’s National Security Perceptions in the Early Republican Period”, Gazi Akademik Bakış, vol. 16, no. 31, pp. 1–17, Dec. 2022, doi: 10.19060/gav.1217241.
ISNAD
Ozan, Emre. “Turkey’s National Security Perceptions in the Early Republican Period”. Gazi Akademik Bakış 16/31 (December 1, 2022): 1-17. https://doi.org/10.19060/gav.1217241.
JAMA
1.Ozan E. Turkey’s National Security Perceptions in the Early Republican Period. Gazi Akademik Bakış. 2022;16:1–17.
MLA
Ozan, Emre. “Turkey’s National Security Perceptions in the Early Republican Period”. Gazi Akademik Bakış, vol. 16, no. 31, Dec. 2022, pp. 1-17, doi:10.19060/gav.1217241.
Vancouver
1.Emre Ozan. Turkey’s National Security Perceptions in the Early Republican Period. Gazi Akademik Bakış. 2022 Dec. 1;16(31):1-17. doi:10.19060/gav.1217241