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The Turkish state's identity and foreign policy decision-making process
Mediterranean Quarterly · Ocak 1995
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DergiMediterranean Quarterly
Yayın TarihiOcak 1995
Cilt / Sayfa6 · 135-155
Scopus ID2-s2.0-0029486013
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The focus on Turkey's future role centers on the question of whether or not the country has abandoned its traditional aloofness toward developments in the region, ie the Balkans, the Caucasus, and the newly emerged Turkic republics in Central Asia. The author attempts to demonstrate that the powerful internal structure that Turkey has developed over time does not allow external changes to alter the traditional course of foreign policy. If the internal structures identified with Kemalist identity and world outlook are not changed, Turkey's Western-oriented foreign policy would hardly be affected by events occurring outside the country. All decision makers have to play their roles wihtih thne boundarties of a Kemalist interpretation of the world. Decision-making structures have been consciously established to ensure that all national policies are made in conformity with this central principle of the state's identity. In order to understand Turkey's policies toward the external world and the problem of continuity and change in Turkish foreign policy, it is essential to describe this legal framework and decision-making process. -from Author
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