HİNDİSTAN-TÜRKİYE İLİŞKİLERİ: STRATEJİK OTONOMİ POLİTİKALARI ÜZERİNDEN BİR İNCELEME

Year 2025, Volume: 12 Issue: 2, 647 - 674, 31.07.2025

Mehmet Alkış

https://doi.org/10.30626/tesamakademi.1542311

Abstract

Bu makale yakın dönem Hindistan-Türkiye ilişkilerini stratejik otonomi politikaları üzerinden ele almaktadır. 2010’lu yıllardan itibaren uluslararası sistemde çok-kutuplu düzen tartışmalarının başlaması Batı-dışı güçlerin manevra alanı bulmasına neden olmuştur. Bu güçlerden olan Hindistan ve Türkiye çıkarları açısından stratejik otonomi politikası izlemiştir. Bu politika ile Hindistan ve Türkiye, büyük güçler ile dengeli bir ilişki kurmayı ve bölgesel düzeyde etki alanı oluşturmayı amaçlamıştır. Hindistan dış politikasında riskleri minimize ederek siyasi ve ekonomik gücünü kaldıraç olarak kullanmaya çalışmıştır. Türkiye de 2010’lu yıllardan itibaren orta ölçekli bir güç olarak Orta Doğu, Afrika Boynuzu ve Kafkasya’da güç dengesinin önemli bir unsuru olma politikasını takip etmiştir. NATO üyesi olmasına rağmen Türkiye bazı meselelerde Batı ittifakından farklılaşmıştır. Stratejik otonomi politikası takip etmiş olmaları Hindistan ile Türkiye arasındaki ilişkileri etkilemektedir. Her iki güç jeopolitik ve ekonomik açıdan etkin olmaya çalışmaktadır. Bu nedenle farklı meselelerde çatışan ve örtüşen politikalarının olduğu görülmektedir. Orta Asya, Orta Doğu ve ticaret/enerji koridorlarında etkin olma konularında Hindistan ve Türkiye’nin çatışan ve örtüşen politikaları bulunmaktadır.

Keywords

Stratejik Otonomi , Türkiye , IMEC , Hindistan , Orta Doğu

INDIA-TURKIYE RELATIONS: A STUDY THROUGH STRATEGIC AUTONOMY POLICIES

Abstract

This article deals the recent relationship between India and Turkiye through the policies of strategic autonomy. In the international system, since the early 2010s, the debates about the emergence of a multipolar order have created room for manoeuvre for non-Western powers. Among these powers, India and Turkey have pursued a policy of strategic autonomy in regard to their interests. The policy pursued by India and Turkiye was designed with the aim of establishing a balanced relationship with the great powers and of creating a regional sphere of influence. India has sought to utilize its political and economic leverage by minimizing the potential risks in its foreign policy. Since the 2010s, Turkiye, as a middle power, has pursued a policy of becoming an important actor in the balance of power in the Middle East, the Horn of Africa and the Caucasus. Despite being a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Turkey has diverged from the Western alliance on some issues. Moreover, India and Turkey have pursued a policy of strategic autonomy affecting the bilateral relations. Both powers seek to increase their geopolitical and economic influence, which has results in conflicting and overlapping policies on different issues. These include policies on Central Asia, the Middle East, and the involvement in trade and energy corridors.

Keywords

Strategic Autonomy , Turkiye , IMEC , India , Middle East

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