TY - JOUR
T1 - Continuity of Maritime Disputes in Turkish Foreign Policy in Retrospect
AU - Özkan, Arda
AU - Kirval, Levent
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023, International Relations Council of Turkey. All rights reserved.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - International Relations (IR) scholars generally focus on disputes on land when they study international affairs. However, disputes on the sea are also very common in IR, and the states try to establish global and regional hegemonies over the seas in their regions. In retrospect, in case of Turkey, maritime disputes have been important factors in Turkish foreign policy. The Turks will celebrate the centennial of the Republic in 2023, and maritime disputes have been an unchanging factor in Turkish foreign policy in this last 100 years, in relation to neighbors and great world powers. Therefore, one may stipulate that Turkey has been both an important sea power, and that maritime disputes have also shown a continuous recurrence in its foreign relations. Due to Turkey’s strategic location in between significant seaways like the Aegean Sea, Mediterranean, Black Sea and Turkish Straits, and between the continents of Europe, Asia and Africa, maritime disputes have always been on the agenda, as items of Turkish foreign policy. In this context, this paper analyses maritime disputes in Turkish foreign policy as a continuous element of Turkey’s relations with its neighbors and the rest of the world.
AB - International Relations (IR) scholars generally focus on disputes on land when they study international affairs. However, disputes on the sea are also very common in IR, and the states try to establish global and regional hegemonies over the seas in their regions. In retrospect, in case of Turkey, maritime disputes have been important factors in Turkish foreign policy. The Turks will celebrate the centennial of the Republic in 2023, and maritime disputes have been an unchanging factor in Turkish foreign policy in this last 100 years, in relation to neighbors and great world powers. Therefore, one may stipulate that Turkey has been both an important sea power, and that maritime disputes have also shown a continuous recurrence in its foreign relations. Due to Turkey’s strategic location in between significant seaways like the Aegean Sea, Mediterranean, Black Sea and Turkish Straits, and between the continents of Europe, Asia and Africa, maritime disputes have always been on the agenda, as items of Turkish foreign policy. In this context, this paper analyses maritime disputes in Turkish foreign policy as a continuous element of Turkey’s relations with its neighbors and the rest of the world.
KW - Centeof the Turkish Republic
KW - Dispute Settlement
KW - Maritime Jurisdiction Areas
KW - Maritime Supremacy
KW - UNCLOS
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U2 - 10.33458/uidergisi.1284168
DO - 10.33458/uidergisi.1284168
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85163623176
SN - 1304-7310
VL - 20
SP - 119
EP - 137
JO - Uluslararasi Iliskiler
JF - Uluslararasi Iliskiler
IS - 78
ER -