Turkish Foreign Policy

Dedication

Foreword (by A. Mete Tunçoku)

Preface (by Pinar Gözen Ercan)

Acknowledgements

Notes on Contributors

1 Introduction

Nur Bilge Criss

PART I - Turkish Foreign Policy in Retrospect: a historical point of view

2 Turkey's Foreign Policy in the Interwar Period: the 1930s

Nur Bilge Criss

3 Turkish Parliamentary Debates on the American War in Vietnam (1964-71)

Esra Pakin Albayrakoglu

PART II - At the Crossroad: Bilateral and Regional Relations of Turkey

4 A Troubled Partnership in a Troubled World? Understanding the New Dynamics of Turkish-American Relations during the Obama Administration

Ayse Ömür Atmaca

5 The Evolution of Turkey-NATO Relations: From Collective Defense/Deterrence to Collective Security and Out-of-Area Cooperation

Müge Kinacioglu

6 Relations with the European Union (1990-2015): Conditionality at Work?

Funda Keskin Ata

7 Turkish Foreign Policy toward the Balkan Neighbourhood: A Europeanized Foreign Policy in a De-europeanised National Context?

Birgül Demirtas

8 Russia's 'Near Abroad' and Turkey's 'Regionalism/Zero Problem with the Neighbours' Policies since the 1990s: Diverging interests vs. Compelling Realities

Didem Ekinci

9 The Role of Energy Security in Turkish Foreign Policy: The Case of East Mediterranean Natural Gas Discoveries

Pinar Ipek

10 The roles Turkey played in the Middle East

Defne Günay

11 The African Turn in Turkish Foreign Policy: Turkey and the North and Sub-Saharan Africa

Volkan Ipek

PART III - In between Politics and Law: Possibility of the 'Impossible'?

12 Maritime Relations of Turkey, the Peninsular Country: Surrounded by hostile or peaceful waters?

Yüksel Inan and Pinar Gözen Ercan

13 Aegean Disputes and the Territorial Sea Issue On Focus

Sule Günes

14 The Cyprus Question and the Myth of 'No Solution Is the Best Solution'

Pinar Gözen Ercan

Pinar Gözen Ercan is an assistant professor at the Department of International Relations of Hacettepe University, Turkey. She holds a BA and an MA in International Relations from Bilkent University, Turkey, and a PhD in International Studies from the University of Trento, Italy. Her research interests include humanitarian intervention, the Responsibility to Protect, human rights, international law and the law of the sea, theories of International Relations, and Greek-Turkish relations. Besides journal articles and book chapters, she is also the author of the books entitled Debating the Future of the 'Responsibility to Protect': The Evolution of a Moral Norm (Palgrave Macmillan, 2016), and The Territorial Sea Issue in Greek-Turkish Relations (VDM Verlag, 2009).