IDEAS, IDEOLOGIES AND NORMS: DECONSTRUCTING THE FOUNDATIONS OF TURKISH FOREIGN POLICY

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Şaban Halis Çalış explores the roots of Turkish foreign policy in his outstanding book, Ideas, Ideologies and Norms: Deconstructing the Foundations of Turkish Foreign Policy. The author employs a combined theoretical approach focusing first on the concept of deconstruction and then on ideas, ideologies and norms in order to make sense of the foundations of Turkish foreign policy established mainly by Kemalist leadership and cadres. He attempts to demonstrate that the composition of Turkish foreign policy needs to be comprehended as a process in which construction, reconstruction and even deconstruction in some cases can be seen.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Turkish foreign policy
• ideas
• ideologies