Research Article

Humanitarian NGOs: Motivations, Challenges and Contributions to Turkish Foreign Policy

Volume: 24 Number: 2 December 27, 2019
  • Hakan Mehmetcik
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Humanitarian NGOs: Motivations, Challenges and Contributions to Turkish Foreign Policy

Abstract

This study focusses on Turkish non-governmental organizations (NGOs) carrying out humanitarian assistance abroad. Particular attention is given to their motivations, challenges and contributions to Turkish foreign policy (TFP). Being a product of a larger research project dealing with Turkish humanitarian NGOs (HNGOs), this paper’s findings are derived from a bulk of datasets consisting of interviews, observations, and other printed/on-line materials published by these humanitarian NGOs. The primary data used in the article is compiled from more than 25 semi-structured interviews with people who work for Turkish NGOs. What are the main reasons and motivations of these organizations to engage in humanitarian aid activities? What kinds of problems and challenges do they face while carrying out humanitarian aid? What do they think of TFP and to what extent do they affect TFP? If they do, in which ways? Such questions are the central questions this article seeks to address. While verifying some of them, the main findings challenge some of the conventional assumptions about Turkish NGOs and their activities, motivations, challenges and contribution to TFP.

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Primary Language

English

Subjects

Political Science

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Hakan Mehmetcik This is me
Türkiye

Publication Date

December 27, 2019

Submission Date

January 31, 2019

Acceptance Date

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Published in Issue

Year 2019 Volume: 24 Number: 2

APA
Mehmetcik, H. (2019). Humanitarian NGOs: Motivations, Challenges and Contributions to Turkish Foreign Policy. PERCEPTIONS: Journal of International Affairs, 24(2), 249-278. https://izlik.org/JA63AE74FW
AMA
1.Mehmetcik H. Humanitarian NGOs: Motivations, Challenges and Contributions to Turkish Foreign Policy. PERCEPTIONS. 2019;24(2):249-278. https://izlik.org/JA63AE74FW
Chicago
Mehmetcik, Hakan. 2019. “Humanitarian NGOs: Motivations, Challenges and Contributions to Turkish Foreign Policy”. PERCEPTIONS: Journal of International Affairs 24 (2): 249-78. https://izlik.org/JA63AE74FW.
EndNote
Mehmetcik H (December 1, 2019) Humanitarian NGOs: Motivations, Challenges and Contributions to Turkish Foreign Policy. PERCEPTIONS: Journal of International Affairs 24 2 249–278.
IEEE
[1]H. Mehmetcik, “Humanitarian NGOs: Motivations, Challenges and Contributions to Turkish Foreign Policy”, PERCEPTIONS, vol. 24, no. 2, pp. 249–278, Dec. 2019, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA63AE74FW
ISNAD
Mehmetcik, Hakan. “Humanitarian NGOs: Motivations, Challenges and Contributions to Turkish Foreign Policy”. PERCEPTIONS: Journal of International Affairs 24/2 (December 1, 2019): 249-278. https://izlik.org/JA63AE74FW.
JAMA
1.Mehmetcik H. Humanitarian NGOs: Motivations, Challenges and Contributions to Turkish Foreign Policy. PERCEPTIONS. 2019;24:249–278.
MLA
Mehmetcik, Hakan. “Humanitarian NGOs: Motivations, Challenges and Contributions to Turkish Foreign Policy”. PERCEPTIONS: Journal of International Affairs, vol. 24, no. 2, Dec. 2019, pp. 249-78, https://izlik.org/JA63AE74FW.
Vancouver
1.Hakan Mehmetcik. Humanitarian NGOs: Motivations, Challenges and Contributions to Turkish Foreign Policy. PERCEPTIONS [Internet]. 2019 Dec. 1;24(2):249-78. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA63AE74FW