Korkunun Emaresi mi Gücün Göstergesi mi?: Siha’ların Türkiye Siyasetindeki Rolü

Öz

Türkiye son yıllarda küresel silah ihracatçıları listesinde yükselmeye devam etmektedir. Yerli savaş teknolojilerine, özellikle silahlı insansız hava araçlarına yapılan yoğun yatırımlar, bu trende katkıda bulunan merkezi bir unsur haline gelmiştir. Eleştirilere rağmen, Türk uzmanlığı insansız hava araçlarında toplumun farklı kesimlerinden olumlu geri dönüşler almaktadır. İster dış politika aracı olsun ister iç politika aracı, Türk insansız hava araçları, çeşitli bölgesel çatışmalarda kendilerini etkili bir şekilde kanıtladıkları için savaşın doğasını değiştirmektedir. UCAV üretiminin Türk dış politikasındaki başarılı etkisi daha fazla tartışılabilecek iken, sınırlar içinde aldıkları destek konusunda şüpheye pek az yer kalmaya başlamıştır. Bu makale, bu desteğin AKP hükümetinin artan iç kamuoyu maliyetlerini bertaraf etmek amacıyla kasıtlı bir siyasi stratejinin sonucu olarak mı yoksa iktidar partisinin manifestosuna bakıldığında Yeni-Osmanlıcı politikalarının yan eylemi olarak mı hedeflendiğini daha fazla araştırmayı amaçlamaktadır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Yeni-Osmanlıcılık
• İç Kitle Maliyeti Teorisi
• İHA

Show of force or fear?: The role of Uavs in Turkish politics

Öz

Turkiye has been climbing the list of global arms exporters in recent years. The intensive investments in domestic warfare technologies, especially in armed drones, have been a central element contributing to this trend. Despite criticisms, Turkish expertise in unmanned combat aerial vehicles has received positive comebacks from different segments of society. Whether it has been a foreign or domestic policy tool, the Turkish drones have been changing the nature of warfare as they proved themselves more than effective in various regional combats. Although the UCAV production’s successful effect on Turkish foreign policy can be further debated, there can be little or no doubt about the support they received within the borders. This paper aims to further explore whether this backing was aimed as the result of an intentional political strategy of the AKP government to repel the growing domestic audience costs or as the side action of neo-Ottoman policies of the ruling party in retrospect of its manifesto.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Neo-Ottomanism
• Domestic Audience Cost Theory
• UAV

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