Contextualizing global security: The case of Turkey

This chapter engages with the transformations in Turkey’s security policies by attending to the contemporary developments and debates as it surveys Turkey’s role in the formulation and implementation of the agenda of global security. The first section maps out the ways in which Turkey has increasingly emerged as an important contributor to the global security agenda through its participation in humanitarian relief efforts, and peacekeeping and peacebuilding operations. In order to elaborate the ways in which global security traverses local circumstances, the second section covers the ways in which the policymaking context has been transforming in the post-Cold War era, highlighting the growing influence of civilian actors in the policy realm and emergence of security itself as a site of major contestation. The concluding section focuses on ongoing debates and the lingering question surrounding Turkey’s contemporary security policies.