Şuhnaz Yılmaz
Biographic Data
| ID | 5814360 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Şuhnaz Yılmaz |
| GIVEN NAMES | Şuhnaz |
| FAMILY NAME | Yılmaz |
| SIGNATURE | YILMAZ S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Koç University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2681-2077 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 82 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 21 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Turkey’s adaptation to Nato (1952–62): Elusive pursuit for security and prosperity
This article examines Turkey’s early NATO membership (1952–1962), arguing that differences between U.S. and British strategic priorities and Turkey’s economic expectations shaped alliance outcomes. Using a triangular Turkey – United States – Britain framework, it situates NATO within shifting regional power dynamics and highlights the interplay of alliance, geostrategic, and domestic factors. We posit that while the United States and Britain fram…
Facing new security threats in an era of global transformations: Turkey's challenges of energy security, climate change and sustainability
Turkey's geopolitical position at the intersection of numerous conflict-laden regions has compelled Ankara to prioritize hard security concerns in defining its foreign and domestic policies. While these concerns will maintain their significance, new global threats and opportunities, particularly in energy security, climate change, and sustainability, necessitate a reconceptualization of security. This study posits that this new conceptualization …
Rethinking strategic alignment: The great powers’ wedging and Turkey’s balancing strategies
The key puzzle that this article explores is how the Great Powers’ wedging strategies and Turkey’s efforts to balance these powers defined complex strategic alignment dynamics during the 1930s and World War II. We posit that in the 1930s, as Turkey strove to balance the European great powers, these powers resorted to wedging strategies to sway Turkey away from any other sphere of influence. During World War II, increasing US engagement in the reg…
Strategic alignments and balancing of threats: Military and political alliances in the South Caucasus (1991–2021)
With the demise of the Soviet Union, the South Caucasus has turned into a powder keg for Eurasia with rising nationalism and erupting ethnic conflicts. This study explores the complex factors shaping political and military alliance formation by focusing on the South Caucasus. The article argues that the strategic alliances of regional and external powers mainly target to balance threats. The study demonstrates that each country in the region seek…
Revisiting the Britain-US-Turkey triangle during the transition from Pax Britannica to Pax Americana (1947-1957)
This article analyses the triangular relations between Britain, the United States and Turkey in the volatile Middle East and Eastern Mediterranean region at the advent of the Cold War. It examines the political, economic and military strategies that enabled Turkey to adapt to the transitional period from the Pax Britannica to the Pax Americana (1947–1957) in the Middle East and the Eastern Mediterranean. By focusing on this turbulent decade exten…
Does natural gas fuel civil war? Rethinking energy security, international relations, and fossil-fuel conflict
The transformation of Britain-Turkey-United States relations at the advent of the Cold War (1945–1952)
This article explores the intricate dynamics of Turkey’s relations with Britain and the United States at a critical juncture during the early Cold War era (1946–1952). The article analyses the implications of a dual transformation of triangular relations in the aftermath of the Second World War. This transformation was on the one hand marked by an ongoing hegemonic transition from Pax-Britannica to Pax-Americana, and on the other hand a systemic …
The precarious role of emerging powers in a transforming international order: The Brazilian and Turkish initiative for a nuclear deal with Iran
Managing the transition from Pax Britannica to Pax Americana: Turkey’s relations with Britain and the US in a turbulent era (1929–47)
By analyzing Turkey’s relations with Great Britain and the US in a period of drastic change (1929–47), this article argues that the origins of the shift in the orientation of Turkish foreign policy from Pax Britannica to Pax Americana not only affected the perceptions and strategies of relevant powers, but also entailed a dynamic interactive process. It asserts that the transition featured aspects of significant change, as well as continuity for …
Turkey and Russia in a shifting global order: Cooperation, conflict and asymmetric interdependence in a turbulent region
The current global political economy is characterised by the intensifying economic interaction of BRICS and ‘near BRICS’ economies, with emerging powers increasing their influence in neighbouring regions. The growing partnership between Turkey and Russia constitutes a useful case study for examining this transformation, in which Western supremacy and US hegemony are under increasing challenge. Turkish–Russian relations shed light on broader theme…
Turkish-American Relations, 1800-1952
This book aims to take the reader on a journey along the intricate web of Turkish-American relations. It critically examines the process, during which the relations evolved from those of strangers into an occasionally troubled, yet resilient alliance. Through the extensive use of Turkish, American and British archival documents and numerous private paper and manuscript collections, the book examines Turkish-American relations from 1800 to 1952, s…
Turkey’s foreign policy towards Bulgaria and the Turkish minority (1923–1934)
This article sets out to study relations between Turkey and Bulgaria during the Inter-war period of 1923–1934 and its effects on the Turkish minority living in Bulgaria. In bringing international, national and community level dynamics together, it will attempt to show how the relations developed between the Republic of Turkey and Bulgaria affected the conditions of the Turkish minority. Once the diplomatic relationship was established between the…
Turkey–USA Relations in an Age of Regional and Global Turmoil: Challenges and Prospects
Turkey’s quest for Nato membership: The institutionalization of the Turkish–American alliance
This article aims to analyze the institutionalization of the Turkish–American alliance through the Turkish pursuit of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) membership. It examines the external as well as some of the internal factors that shaped this transformation during the period of 1945–1952, starting with the end of the Second World War and lasting until Turkey's accession to NATO. The main argument of this paper is that Turkey's NATO mem…
Gunboat Diplomacy: Turkey, USA and the Advent of the Cold War
This article aims to re-evaluate the visit of the battleship USS Missouri to Turkey on 5–6 April 1946, to ascertain whether or not it might be considered an early attempt on the part of the United States to challenge the Soviet Union. Greater historical clarity than previously possible has been achieved through the use of hitherto unreleased documents from the archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Turkish Republic. Moreover, this art…
Between Europeanization and Euro‐Asianism: Foreign Policy Activism in Turkey during the AKP Era
Focusing on Turkish foreign policy in the post‐Cold War era, this paper argues that the period can be divided into three distinct phases: an initial wave of foreign policy activism in the immediate post‐Cold War context; a new or second wave of foreign policy activism during the Justice and Development Party (Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi, AKP) government era with a strong emphasis on Europeanization; and the more recent tension between Europeanizat…
Fighting the Spectres of the Past: Dilemmas of Ottoman Legacy in the Balkans and the Middle East
‘Ottoman legacy’ is not a term that invokes a positive image in the countries that remained under the rule of the Ottoman Empire in the Balkans and the Middle East for varying periods of time. Even
Greek-Turkish Rapprochement: Rhetoric or Reality
ZIYA ÖNİŞ is a professor of international relations and the director of the graduate school of social sciences and humanities at Koç University in Istanbul, Turkey. He is the author of State and Market: The Political Economy of Turkey in Comparative Perspective, the co-author of The Turkish Politics in a Changing World: Global Dynamics and Domestic Transformations, and the co-editor of The Turkish Economy in Crisis. He has published widely on the…
Challenging the stereotypes: Turkish–American relations in the inter-war era
Turkish–American diplomatic relations experienced a decade-long hiatus at the time of the Great War and its immediate aftermath, until the ties were eventually restored in 1927. Subsequently, the U
The Turkey-EU-US Triangle in Perspective: Transformation or Continuity
This article examines the delicate dynamics of the triangle of Turkey-EU-US relations. While acknowledging the role of the United States in promoting close links between Turkey and the EU, this study underlines the limits of American influence on EU decision-making on issues concerning "deep integration." In this context, the future of this triangular relation depends on the interplay of contending forces in Turkey's domestic political arena as w…
An Ottoman warrior abroad: Enver Paşa as an expatriate
(1999). An Ottoman warrior abroad: Enver Pasa as an expatriate. Middle Eastern Studies: Vol. 35, Seventy-five years of the Turkish Republic, pp. 40-69
Between Europeanization and Euro‐Asianism: Foreign Policy Activism in Turkey during the AKP Era
Focusing on Turkish foreign policy in the post‐Cold War era, this paper argues that the period can be divided into three distinct phases: an initial wave of foreign policy activism in the immediate post‐Cold War context; a new or second wave of foreign policy activism during the Justice and Development Party (Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi, AKP) government era with a strong emphasis on Europeanization; and the more recent tension between Europeanizat…
Fighting the Spectres of the Past: Dilemmas of Ottoman Legacy in the Balkans and the Middle East
‘Ottoman legacy’ is not a term that invokes a positive image in the countries that remained under the rule of the Ottoman Empire in the Balkans and the Middle East for varying periods of time. Even
Turkey and Russia in a shifting global order: Cooperation, conflict and asymmetric interdependence in a turbulent region
The current global political economy is characterised by the intensifying economic interaction of BRICS and ‘near BRICS’ economies, with emerging powers increasing their influence in neighbouring regions. The growing partnership between Turkey and Russia constitutes a useful case study for examining this transformation, in which Western supremacy and US hegemony are under increasing challenge. Turkish–Russian relations shed light on broader theme…
The Turkey-EU-US Triangle in Perspective: Transformation or Continuity
This article examines the delicate dynamics of the triangle of Turkey-EU-US relations. While acknowledging the role of the United States in promoting close links between Turkey and the EU, this study underlines the limits of American influence on EU decision-making on issues concerning "deep integration." In this context, the future of this triangular relation depends on the interplay of contending forces in Turkey's domestic political arena as w…
Strategic alignments and balancing of threats: Military and political alliances in the South Caucasus (1991–2021)
With the demise of the Soviet Union, the South Caucasus has turned into a powder keg for Eurasia with rising nationalism and erupting ethnic conflicts. This study explores the complex factors shaping political and military alliance formation by focusing on the South Caucasus. The article argues that the strategic alliances of regional and external powers mainly target to balance threats. The study demonstrates that each country in the region seek…
The precarious role of emerging powers in a transforming international order: The Brazilian and Turkish initiative for a nuclear deal with Iran
Gunboat Diplomacy: Turkey, USA and the Advent of the Cold War
This article aims to re-evaluate the visit of the battleship USS Missouri to Turkey on 5–6 April 1946, to ascertain whether or not it might be considered an early attempt on the part of the United States to challenge the Soviet Union. Greater historical clarity than previously possible has been achieved through the use of hitherto unreleased documents from the archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Turkish Republic. Moreover, this art…
Greek-Turkish Rapprochement: Rhetoric or Reality
ZIYA ÖNİŞ is a professor of international relations and the director of the graduate school of social sciences and humanities at Koç University in Istanbul, Turkey. He is the author of State and Market: The Political Economy of Turkey in Comparative Perspective, the co-author of The Turkish Politics in a Changing World: Global Dynamics and Domestic Transformations, and the co-editor of The Turkish Economy in Crisis. He has published widely on the…
An Ottoman warrior abroad: Enver Paşa as an expatriate
(1999). An Ottoman warrior abroad: Enver Pasa as an expatriate. Middle Eastern Studies: Vol. 35, Seventy-five years of the Turkish Republic, pp. 40-69
Facing new security threats in an era of global transformations: Turkey's challenges of energy security, climate change and sustainability
Turkey's geopolitical position at the intersection of numerous conflict-laden regions has compelled Ankara to prioritize hard security concerns in defining its foreign and domestic policies. While these concerns will maintain their significance, new global threats and opportunities, particularly in energy security, climate change, and sustainability, necessitate a reconceptualization of security. This study posits that this new conceptualization …
Managing the transition from Pax Britannica to Pax Americana: Turkey’s relations with Britain and the US in a turbulent era (1929–47)
By analyzing Turkey’s relations with Great Britain and the US in a period of drastic change (1929–47), this article argues that the origins of the shift in the orientation of Turkish foreign policy from Pax Britannica to Pax Americana not only affected the perceptions and strategies of relevant powers, but also entailed a dynamic interactive process. It asserts that the transition featured aspects of significant change, as well as continuity for …
Challenging the stereotypes: Turkish–American relations in the inter-war era
Turkish–American diplomatic relations experienced a decade-long hiatus at the time of the Great War and its immediate aftermath, until the ties were eventually restored in 1927. Subsequently, the U
An Ottoman warrior abroad: Enver Paşa as an expatriate
(1999). An Ottoman warrior abroad: Enver Pasa as an expatriate. Middle Eastern Studies: Vol. 35, Seventy-five years of the Turkish Republic, pp. 40-69
The Turkey-EU-US Triangle in Perspective: Transformation or Continuity
This article examines the delicate dynamics of the triangle of Turkey-EU-US relations. While acknowledging the role of the United States in promoting close links between Turkey and the EU, this study underlines the limits of American influence on EU decision-making on issues concerning "deep integration." In this context, the future of this triangular relation depends on the interplay of contending forces in Turkey's domestic political arena as w…
Challenging the stereotypes: Turkish–American relations in the inter-war era
Turkish–American diplomatic relations experienced a decade-long hiatus at the time of the Great War and its immediate aftermath, until the ties were eventually restored in 1927. Subsequently, the U
Fighting the Spectres of the Past: Dilemmas of Ottoman Legacy in the Balkans and the Middle East
‘Ottoman legacy’ is not a term that invokes a positive image in the countries that remained under the rule of the Ottoman Empire in the Balkans and the Middle East for varying periods of time. Even
Greek-Turkish Rapprochement: Rhetoric or Reality
ZIYA ÖNİŞ is a professor of international relations and the director of the graduate school of social sciences and humanities at Koç University in Istanbul, Turkey. He is the author of State and Market: The Political Economy of Turkey in Comparative Perspective, the co-author of The Turkish Politics in a Changing World: Global Dynamics and Domestic Transformations, and the co-editor of The Turkish Economy in Crisis. He has published widely on the…
Between Europeanization and Euro‐Asianism: Foreign Policy Activism in Turkey during the AKP Era
Focusing on Turkish foreign policy in the post‐Cold War era, this paper argues that the period can be divided into three distinct phases: an initial wave of foreign policy activism in the immediate post‐Cold War context; a new or second wave of foreign policy activism during the Justice and Development Party (Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi, AKP) government era with a strong emphasis on Europeanization; and the more recent tension between Europeanizat…
Turkey’s quest for Nato membership: The institutionalization of the Turkish–American alliance
This article aims to analyze the institutionalization of the Turkish–American alliance through the Turkish pursuit of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) membership. It examines the external as well as some of the internal factors that shaped this transformation during the period of 1945–1952, starting with the end of the Second World War and lasting until Turkey's accession to NATO. The main argument of this paper is that Turkey's NATO mem…
Gunboat Diplomacy: Turkey, USA and the Advent of the Cold War
This article aims to re-evaluate the visit of the battleship USS Missouri to Turkey on 5–6 April 1946, to ascertain whether or not it might be considered an early attempt on the part of the United States to challenge the Soviet Union. Greater historical clarity than previously possible has been achieved through the use of hitherto unreleased documents from the archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Turkish Republic. Moreover, this art…
Turkey–USA Relations in an Age of Regional and Global Turmoil: Challenges and Prospects
Turkey’s foreign policy towards Bulgaria and the Turkish minority (1923–1934)
This article sets out to study relations between Turkey and Bulgaria during the Inter-war period of 1923–1934 and its effects on the Turkish minority living in Bulgaria. In bringing international, national and community level dynamics together, it will attempt to show how the relations developed between the Republic of Turkey and Bulgaria affected the conditions of the Turkish minority. Once the diplomatic relationship was established between the…
Turkish-American Relations, 1800-1952
This book aims to take the reader on a journey along the intricate web of Turkish-American relations. It critically examines the process, during which the relations evolved from those of strangers into an occasionally troubled, yet resilient alliance. Through the extensive use of Turkish, American and British archival documents and numerous private paper and manuscript collections, the book examines Turkish-American relations from 1800 to 1952, s…
Managing the transition from Pax Britannica to Pax Americana: Turkey’s relations with Britain and the US in a turbulent era (1929–47)
By analyzing Turkey’s relations with Great Britain and the US in a period of drastic change (1929–47), this article argues that the origins of the shift in the orientation of Turkish foreign policy from Pax Britannica to Pax Americana not only affected the perceptions and strategies of relevant powers, but also entailed a dynamic interactive process. It asserts that the transition featured aspects of significant change, as well as continuity for …
Turkey and Russia in a shifting global order: Cooperation, conflict and asymmetric interdependence in a turbulent region
The current global political economy is characterised by the intensifying economic interaction of BRICS and ‘near BRICS’ economies, with emerging powers increasing their influence in neighbouring regions. The growing partnership between Turkey and Russia constitutes a useful case study for examining this transformation, in which Western supremacy and US hegemony are under increasing challenge. Turkish–Russian relations shed light on broader theme…
The precarious role of emerging powers in a transforming international order: The Brazilian and Turkish initiative for a nuclear deal with Iran
Revisiting the Britain-US-Turkey triangle during the transition from Pax Britannica to Pax Americana (1947-1957)
This article analyses the triangular relations between Britain, the United States and Turkey in the volatile Middle East and Eastern Mediterranean region at the advent of the Cold War. It examines the political, economic and military strategies that enabled Turkey to adapt to the transitional period from the Pax Britannica to the Pax Americana (1947–1957) in the Middle East and the Eastern Mediterranean. By focusing on this turbulent decade exten…
Does natural gas fuel civil war? Rethinking energy security, international relations, and fossil-fuel conflict
The transformation of Britain-Turkey-United States relations at the advent of the Cold War (1945–1952)
This article explores the intricate dynamics of Turkey’s relations with Britain and the United States at a critical juncture during the early Cold War era (1946–1952). The article analyses the implications of a dual transformation of triangular relations in the aftermath of the Second World War. This transformation was on the one hand marked by an ongoing hegemonic transition from Pax-Britannica to Pax-Americana, and on the other hand a systemic …
Rethinking strategic alignment: The great powers’ wedging and Turkey’s balancing strategies
The key puzzle that this article explores is how the Great Powers’ wedging strategies and Turkey’s efforts to balance these powers defined complex strategic alignment dynamics during the 1930s and World War II. We posit that in the 1930s, as Turkey strove to balance the European great powers, these powers resorted to wedging strategies to sway Turkey away from any other sphere of influence. During World War II, increasing US engagement in the reg…
Strategic alignments and balancing of threats: Military and political alliances in the South Caucasus (1991–2021)
With the demise of the Soviet Union, the South Caucasus has turned into a powder keg for Eurasia with rising nationalism and erupting ethnic conflicts. This study explores the complex factors shaping political and military alliance formation by focusing on the South Caucasus. The article argues that the strategic alliances of regional and external powers mainly target to balance threats. The study demonstrates that each country in the region seek…
Facing new security threats in an era of global transformations: Turkey's challenges of energy security, climate change and sustainability
Turkey's geopolitical position at the intersection of numerous conflict-laden regions has compelled Ankara to prioritize hard security concerns in defining its foreign and domestic policies. While these concerns will maintain their significance, new global threats and opportunities, particularly in energy security, climate change, and sustainability, necessitate a reconceptualization of security. This study posits that this new conceptualization …
Turkey’s adaptation to Nato (1952–62): Elusive pursuit for security and prosperity
This article examines Turkey’s early NATO membership (1952–1962), arguing that differences between U.S. and British strategic priorities and Turkey’s economic expectations shaped alliance outcomes. Using a triangular Turkey – United States – Britain framework, it situates NATO within shifting regional power dynamics and highlights the interplay of alliance, geostrategic, and domestic factors. We posit that while the United States and Britain fram…
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