Türkiye-Rusya İlişkilerini Yeniden Düşünmek: Uçak Krizinin Bir Analizi

Year 2021, Volume: 8 Issue: 2, 429 - 457, 30.07.2021

Ndzamangwi Isidore Agha

https://doi.org/10.30626/tesamakademi.949060

Cited By: 2

Abstract

Türkiye ile Rusya arasındaki ilişki her zaman çatışma, işbirliği ve rekabet ile karakterize edilmiştir. Vladimir Putin'in Rusya'da yükselişi ve 2000'li yıllarda Türkiye'de Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi'nin iktidara gelmesi, iki ülke arasında işbirliğinin artmasına ve ilişkilerde olumlu bir değişime işaret etti. Bu makale, ilişkilerini sarsan Kasım 2015 uçak krizinin, Suriye üzerindeki jeopolitik farklılıklarına yoğunlaştığını ortaya koyuyor. Türk hava sahasını ihlal eden askeri jetlerin vurulmasını izleyen reaktivist Rus yaptırımları, Rusya'nın Türkiye'ye karşı ekonomik ve askeri avantajını keşfetmeyi sağladı. Cumhurbaşkanı Erdoğan'ın, düşen uçağın ardından Putin'e gönderdiği mektup, ilişkileri onarmaya yarayan bir dizi yakınlaşma başlattı. Buna rağmen, Türkiye, Orta Doğu politikasında stratejik bir güç ve dengeleyici unsur olarak kendini ispatlamak için esnek kalmalı, bu krizden güçlü bir ders çıkarmalı ve ihracat yollarını ve enerji ihtiyaçlarını Rusya'dan ziyade diğer ülkelerden de karşılamalı.

Keywords

Türkiye, Rusya, Uçak Krizi, Güvenlik, Yakınlaşma

Reimagining Turkey-Russia Relations: An Analysis Of The Plane Crisis

Abstract

Turkey and Russia's relationship has often been characterized by conflict, cooperation, and competition. The rise of Vladimir Putin in Russia and the coming into power of the Justice and Development Party in Turkey in the 2000s signaled a positive shift in relations as cooperation increased. The paper reveals that the November 2015 plane crisis, which rocked their tie, was intensified by differences in their geopolitical outlook over Syria. The reactivist Russian sanctions that followed the shooting of their military jet that violated Turkish airspace indicated how Russia could exploit its economic and military comparative advantage over Turkey. President Erdoğan's letter to Putin over the downed plane opened up a rapprochement that has served to mend bilateral relations. Despite the normalization of relations, Turkey must draw a vital lesson from this crisis and diversify its export routes and energy needs from Russia if it must remain resilient to assert itself as a strategic regional power and balancer in Middle East politics.

Keywords

Turkey, Russia, Plane Crisis, Security, Rapprochement

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