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Crisis Management and Strategic Autonomy in Turkish Foreign Policy: A Constructivist Analysis of the 1963-1964 Cyprus Crisis

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Crisis Management and Strategic Autonomy in Turkish Foreign Policy: A Constructivist Analysis of the 1963-1964 Cyprus Crisis

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This study examines Türkiye’s crisis management practices and its pursuit of strategic autonomy during the 1963-1964 Cyprus Crisis through a conventional constructivist framework centered on identity and norm construction. Employing discourse analysis and historical interpretivism, the article conceptualizes this crisis-unfolding under the structural constraints of the early Cold War détente-not merely as a military or diplomatic dispute, but as a normative identity-building process. Focusing on the diplomatic discourse of Prime Minister İsmet İnönü, who embodied the foundational and rational statecraft of the Republic, the analysis investigates how Turkish foreign policy evolved from the maximalist ‘Taksim’ thesis of the 1950s to a legally grounded ‘guarantorship’ norm. Through this evolution, Ankara constructed a narrative of strategic autonomy against the hierarchical dictates of the Western alliance. The findings demonstrate that leadership discourse, functioning as a ‘norm entrepreneur,’ exerts a constitutive impact on foreign policy identity, thereby empirically revealing the core structural dynamics of Türkiye’s transformation into an autonomous diplomatic actor.

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Ayrıntılar

Birincil Dil

İngilizce

Konular

Türk Dış Politikası

Bölüm

Araştırma Makalesi

Yayımlanma Tarihi

1 Ekim 2026

Gönderilme Tarihi

30 Mayıs 2026

Kabul Tarihi

20 Temmuz 2026

Yayımlandığı Sayı

Yıl 2026 Cilt: 2 Sayı: 2

Kaynak Göster

APA
Gürel, O. (2026). Crisis Management and Strategic Autonomy in Turkish Foreign Policy: A Constructivist Analysis of the 1963-1964 Cyprus Crisis. İstanbul Kent Üniversitesi Siyasal, Sosyal ve Stratejik Araştırmalar Dergisi, 2(2), 138-164. https://izlik.org/JA43TD48HL
AMA
1.Gürel O. Crisis Management and Strategic Autonomy in Turkish Foreign Policy: A Constructivist Analysis of the 1963-1964 Cyprus Crisis. KENTUSAMDER. 2026;2(2):138-164. https://izlik.org/JA43TD48HL
Chicago
Gürel, Onur. 2026. “Crisis Management and Strategic Autonomy in Turkish Foreign Policy: A Constructivist Analysis of the 1963-1964 Cyprus Crisis”. İstanbul Kent Üniversitesi Siyasal, Sosyal ve Stratejik Araştırmalar Dergisi 2 (2): 138-64. https://izlik.org/JA43TD48HL.
EndNote
Gürel O (01 Ekim 2026) Crisis Management and Strategic Autonomy in Turkish Foreign Policy: A Constructivist Analysis of the 1963-1964 Cyprus Crisis. İstanbul Kent Üniversitesi Siyasal, Sosyal ve Stratejik Araştırmalar Dergisi 2 2 138–164.
IEEE
[1]O. Gürel, “Crisis Management and Strategic Autonomy in Turkish Foreign Policy: A Constructivist Analysis of the 1963-1964 Cyprus Crisis”, KENTUSAMDER, c. 2, sy 2, ss. 138–164, Eki. 2026, [çevrimiçi]. Erişim adresi: https://izlik.org/JA43TD48HL
ISNAD
Gürel, Onur. “Crisis Management and Strategic Autonomy in Turkish Foreign Policy: A Constructivist Analysis of the 1963-1964 Cyprus Crisis”. İstanbul Kent Üniversitesi Siyasal, Sosyal ve Stratejik Araştırmalar Dergisi 2/2 (01 Ekim 2026): 138-164. https://izlik.org/JA43TD48HL.
JAMA
1.Gürel O. Crisis Management and Strategic Autonomy in Turkish Foreign Policy: A Constructivist Analysis of the 1963-1964 Cyprus Crisis. KENTUSAMDER. 2026;2:138–164.
MLA
Gürel, Onur. “Crisis Management and Strategic Autonomy in Turkish Foreign Policy: A Constructivist Analysis of the 1963-1964 Cyprus Crisis”. İstanbul Kent Üniversitesi Siyasal, Sosyal ve Stratejik Araştırmalar Dergisi, c. 2, sy 2, Ekim 2026, ss. 138-64, https://izlik.org/JA43TD48HL.
Vancouver
1.Onur Gürel. Crisis Management and Strategic Autonomy in Turkish Foreign Policy: A Constructivist Analysis of the 1963-1964 Cyprus Crisis. KENTUSAMDER [Internet]. 01 Ekim 2026;2(2):138-64. Erişim adresi: https://izlik.org/JA43TD48HL