This course focuses on the issues and matters in Turkey’s foreign policies. The basic issues that have been in the agenda of Turkish foreign policy since the end of Cold War will be critically discussed. These issues include: the changing nature of Turkish foreign policy after the end of the cold war; Turkey’s policies toward the Middle Eastern, Caucasian and Central Asian countries, Turkey-EU relations, Turkey-US relations, Turkey-Russia relations; the Kurdish issue in Turkish foreign policy, the nature of decision making in Turkish foreign policy; the recent debates on the neo-Ottomanism and Islam in Turkish foreign policy formulations. Counts as an elective for SU IR majors or a topic concentration course in International Security and Diplomacy. (POLS 3824)
Department: Political Science
Location: Istanbul
Credits: 3