Russian-Turkish Relations in the Black Sea Region and Caucasus under the Shades of Conflicts [Karadeniz Bölgesinde ve Kafkasya’da Çatışmaların Gölgesinde Rusya-Türkiye İlişkileri]

Year 2020, Volume: 5 Issue: 10, 235 - 254, 31.05.2020

Elçin Başol

https://doi.org/10.21488/jocas.727341

Abstract

Bu makalede Karadeniz Bölgesi bağlamında Rusya-Türkiye ilişkileri ve bu ilişkilerin tarihsel perspektifi incelenmektedir. Bölgede çok sayıda kronik problem bulunmaktadır ve Rusya ile Türkiye'nin ikili ilişkileri bölgesel sorunları çoğunlukla olumlu yönde etkilemektedir. Makalede Rusya-Türkiye ilişkilerinin tarihsel gelişimi ve Karadeniz Bölgesi'ndeki çatışmalar ele alınmıştır. İlk olarak Abhazya ve Kuzey Osetya anlaşmazlıkları ayrıntılı şekilde değerlendirilmiş; daha sonra ise Ukrayna krizi ve dinamikleri Rusya'nın "Gerçek Avrupa - Yanlış Avrupa" ikilemi ışığında açıklanmıştır. Ayrıca Rusya ile Türkiye arasındaki güç rekabeti ile hem Rusya hem de Türkiye'nin tarihsel bağları belirtilmiştir.

Keywords

Karadeniz Bölgesi, Rusya-Türkiye İlişkileri, Kafkasya, Çatışmalar

Russian-Turkish Relations in the Black Sea Region and Caucasus under the Shades of Conflicts [Karadeniz Bölgesinde ve Kafkasya’da Çatışmaların Gölgesinde Rusya-Türkiye İlişkileri]

Abstract

This paper explains Russian-Turkish relations and historical perspectives of these relations in the context of Black Sea Region. There are several chronic issues in the region and bilateral relations of Russia and Turkey also effect regional problems, mostly in a positive way. Historical developments of Russian-Turkish relations are addressed and conflicts in the region have been tackled in this paper. The author first elaborates on the Abkhazian and Ossetian conflicts, and then looks at the Ukrainian crisis and its dynamics in the shade of Russian ‘True Europe, False Europe’ dichotomy. Finally, the power competition between Russia and Turkey regarding the historical ties of both is analysed.

Keywords

Black Sea Region, Russian-Turkish Relations, Caucasus, Conflicts

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