This paper analyzes the ambitions, challenges and limits of the contemporaneous Turkish strategy in Libya. The North African country has faced a state of insecurity, close to anarchy, since the NATO intervention that led, first to the fall of the Gaddafi regime (1969-2011), and then...
Tuesday, August 13th, 2013
The Political Economy of Turkey’s Eastern Turn: An Empirical Analysis of Erdogan’s State Visits (2003-2010)
With the rise of the Justice and Development Party under the leadership of Recep T. Erdogan, Turkish foreign policy has experienced an “Eastern turn”, which raised question marks in the minds of many. In this study, we investigate the “Eastern turn” in Turkish foreign relations through an analysis of Turkish...
