Hakan Mehmetçik

Biographic Data

ID4411461
NAMEHakan Mehmetçik
GIVEN NAMESHakan
FAMILY NAMEMehmetçik
SIGNATUREMEHMETÇIK H
AFFILIATIONSMarmara University
ORCID0000-0002-1882-4003
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS2
WORKS AS AUTHOR6
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2018
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX1

  • The Middle Power Paradox

    Open AccessHakan MehmetçikARTICLEAlternatives Global Local Political2026

    The contemporary literature on middle powers is deeply divided between a liberal functionalist view of “Traditional” powers (e.g., Canada and Norway) as systemic stabilizers and a realist view of “Emerging” powers (e.g., Turkey and Brazil) as reformist actors. This paper empirically interrogates the “Power Paradox” hypothesis—the neorealist expectation that as a state’s material capabilities increase, its reliance on multilateral institutions wil…

  • Understanding Turkish Foreign Policy Studies

    Open AccessHakan Mehmetçik, Emel Parlar Dal et al.ARTICLEAlternatives Global Local Political2024Cited by: 1References: 7

    Employing a rigorous bibliometric framework, this study undertakes a comprehensive exploration of scholarly inquiries into Turkish Foreign Policy (TFP) by utilizing an extensive dataset extracted from the reputable SCOPUS database. TFP publications in various languages were scrutinized over nearly a century, from 1939 to 2022, with bibliometric analysis methodically traversing titles, keywords, abstracts, word frequencies, references, authorships…

  • The Militarization of Turkish Foreign Policy

    Hakan Mehmetçik, Arda Can ÇelikARTICLEJournal of Balkan and Near…2022

    Turkish Foreign Policy (TFP) has undergone structural changes over the last few years due to the perception of immediate threats to Turkish national security which, according to Ankara, has brought a need for a more assertive foreign policy. Consequently, Turkey is expanding its military presence in the Balkans, the Caucasus, the Middle East and Africa, and utilizing frequently coercive diplomacy to resolve foreign policy issues. This article ana…

  • The Past as a Benchmark in Defining Turkey’s Status Politics

    Open AccessHakan Mehmetçik, Ferit BelderARTICLEContemporary Review of the Middle…2021References: 13

    This article deals with Turkey’s status politics since the 2000s, by employing an aspirational constructivist approach that links social psychology with social constructivism in international relations. It focuses on the temporal side of status, stemming from historical identity construction in Turkish foreign policy (TFP) rhetoric and practices under the rule of the Justice and Development Party (JDP) since 2002. Turkey’s status politics is moti…

  • Decoding Turkey’s institutional accommodation in the changing international order

    Open AccessEmel Parlar Dal, Ali Murat Kurşun et al.ARTICLEInternational Politics2018References: 9

  • China’s role in the regional and international management of Korean conflict

    Hakan Mehmetçik, Ferit BelderARTICLEThird World Quarterly2018Cited by: 1References: 16

    There are diverging assessments of China’s role in resolving the nuclear crisis on the Korean Peninsula. China’s role has been characterised variously as a bystander, arbiter, catalyst and mediator over the years. This paper aims to clarify where China stands on North Korea and assesses the different phases of the Chinese approach to conflict resolution during the North Korean nuclear crisis. The main argument is that China wishes to maintain the…