Liminal identity of Turkey in humanitarian government

Dados Bibliográficos

ID12716004
AutoresEfser Rana Coşkun (0000-0002-3703-8550, Department of International Relations, Social Sciences, Social Sciences University of Ankara, Ankara, Turkey, autor correspondente)
Ano2023
Volume20
Fascículo7
Páginas1120-1143
Data de publicação2023-03-22
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoGlobalizations (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1474-7731 • E-ISSN: 1474-774X
EditoraTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14747731.2023.2191561
OpenAlexW4353031963
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas3
Referências citadas52

During the past two decades, Turkey’s strategies in aid and assistance have been premised onits liminal identity as both Western and Eastern, to present itself as a ‘different actor’ compared to Western traditional donors. Turkey is neither in the West nor in the non-West, but continues to be an active global actor in the traditional structure of the international humanitarian order. Thisliminal identity can be considered as a positive, albeit ambivalent, status reinforcing Turkey’s activism. Turkey invokes Islamic and Ottoman aspects of its identity in recipient countries through bilateral relations, while it reinforces its Western liberal dimensions through implementing traditional practices of multilateral humanitarian government. This article argues that Turkey, being suspicious and critical of traditional actors at discourse level, remains integrated into conventional and Western structure of humanitarian government. This article analyses the different constitutive elements of Turkey’s liminal identity and how Turkey operationalizes its humanitarianism

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