Research Article

Understanding Türkiye’s New Defense and Security Policy towards Africa: New Dynamics, and New Approaches

Volume: 2 Number: 1 April 30, 2025
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Understanding Türkiye’s New Defense and Security Policy towards Africa: New Dynamics, and New Approaches

Abstract

Türkiye has emerged as one of the most active players in African politics under the administration of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) governments which came to power in November 2002. The AK Party governments have developed new strategies to increase their political, economic, social and security relations with African countries. While Türkiye prioritized soft power policies towards Africa from 2005 to 2016, it began to give precedence to defense and security relations after 2016. This research aims to analyze and explore the main dynamics and driving factors behind Türkiye’s evolving defense and security policy with the continent. This study argues that the shifting internal dynamics in Türkiye, and the West’s inconsistent policies towards Türkiye became the major reasons and the factors shaping Türkiye’s defense and security policy in Africa. This study states that Türkiye's internal and international factors shape Türkiye's defense and security policy in Africa. The main research question in this study is as follows: What factors and dynamics affect and shape Türkiye's African defense and security policy?

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

International Relations (Other)

Journal Section

Research Article

Early Pub Date

April 25, 2025

Publication Date

April 30, 2025

Submission Date

March 4, 2025

Acceptance Date

April 16, 2025

Published in Issue

Year 2025 Volume: 2 Number: 1

APA
Sıradağ, A. (2025). Understanding Türkiye’s New Defense and Security Policy towards Africa: New Dynamics, and New Approaches. Turkish Journal of African Studies, 2(1), 19-32. https://izlik.org/JA56BX35CC
AMA
1.Sıradağ A. Understanding Türkiye’s New Defense and Security Policy towards Africa: New Dynamics, and New Approaches. TUJAS. 2025;2(1):19-32. https://izlik.org/JA56BX35CC
Chicago
Sıradağ, Abdurrahim. 2025. “Understanding Türkiye’s New Defense and Security Policy towards Africa: New Dynamics, and New Approaches”. Turkish Journal of African Studies 2 (1): 19-32. https://izlik.org/JA56BX35CC.
EndNote
Sıradağ A (April 1, 2025) Understanding Türkiye’s New Defense and Security Policy towards Africa: New Dynamics, and New Approaches. Turkish Journal of African Studies 2 1 19–32.
IEEE
[1]A. Sıradağ, “Understanding Türkiye’s New Defense and Security Policy towards Africa: New Dynamics, and New Approaches”, TUJAS, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 19–32, Apr. 2025, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA56BX35CC
ISNAD
Sıradağ, Abdurrahim. “Understanding Türkiye’s New Defense and Security Policy towards Africa: New Dynamics, and New Approaches”. Turkish Journal of African Studies 2/1 (April 1, 2025): 19-32. https://izlik.org/JA56BX35CC.
JAMA
1.Sıradağ A. Understanding Türkiye’s New Defense and Security Policy towards Africa: New Dynamics, and New Approaches. TUJAS. 2025;2:19–32.
MLA
Sıradağ, Abdurrahim. “Understanding Türkiye’s New Defense and Security Policy towards Africa: New Dynamics, and New Approaches”. Turkish Journal of African Studies, vol. 2, no. 1, Apr. 2025, pp. 19-32, https://izlik.org/JA56BX35CC.
Vancouver
1.Abdurrahim Sıradağ. Understanding Türkiye’s New Defense and Security Policy towards Africa: New Dynamics, and New Approaches. TUJAS [Internet]. 2025 Apr. 1;2(1):19-32. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA56BX35CC