Türkiye's Century-Long Foreign Policy Experience: Key Takeaways

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This article aims to analyze a century-old Turkish Foreign Policy (TFP). The year 2023 was the anniversary of the centenary of the foundation of Turkey. Therefore, this article aims to analyze the century old TFP through the main determinants/dynamics affecting the formation of TFP to extract key takeaways. Accordingly, Turkey has implemented a self-focused foreign policy based on pragmatism, influenced by geographical and power constraints. Turkey almost never abandoned its Western-oriented, non-interventionist, cautious and pragmatic foreign policy. Following the change of political power in Turkey in 2002, the new rulers have gradually pursued an assertive foreign policy that was multilateral, multifaceted, religiously focused, and Eastern-oriented, particularly centered on the Middle East. This study will analyze all these processes.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Turkish Foreign Policy
• analysis
• key takeaways
• century-long foreign policy
• 1923

Türkiye’nin Yüzyıllık Dış Politika Deneyimi: Temel Çıkarımlar

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Bu makale, bir asırlık Türk Dış Politikasını (TDP) analiz etmeyi amaçlamaktadır. 2023 yılı, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti'nin kuruluşunun yüzüncü dönüm yılıydı. Bu nedenle, bu makale, önemli çıkarımları tespit etmek amacı ile TDP oluşumunu etkileyen temel belirleyiciler/dinamikler vasıtası ile asırlık TDP’nı analiz etmeyi amaçlamaktadır. Türkiye, coğrafi ve güç kısıtlamalarından etkilenen, pragmatizme dayalı, kendine odaklı bir dış politika uygulamıştır. Türkiye, Batı odaklı, müdahaleci olmayan, ihtiyatlı ve pragmatik dış politika esasından neredeyse hiç vazgeçmedi. Ancak, 2002 yılındaki Türkiye'de siyasi iktidar değişiminin ardından, yeni yöneticiler yavaş yavaş çok taraflı, çok yönlü, dini odaklı ve daha Doğu yönelimli, özellikle Orta Doğu'ya yönelik odaklanan iddialı bir dış politika izlediler. Bu çalışma tüm bu süreçleri analiz edecektir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Türk Dış Politikası
• analiz
• temel çıkarımlar
• yüzyıllık dış politika
• 1923

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