Has Erdoğan made Turkey a ‘subject’ in the Middle East and North Africa

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ID12736777
AutoresZafer Kızılkaya (0000-0003-3730-4940, Vrije Universiteit Brussel), Sofie Hamdi (0000-0002-4680-2864, Vrije Universiteit Brussel), Mohammad Salman (0000-0003-0600-8460, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, autor correspondente)
Ano2022
Volume31
Fascículo4
Páginas1254-1273
Data de publicação2022-12-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Contemporary European Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1478-2790 • E-ISSN: 1478-2804
EditoraTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14782804.2022.2153240
OpenAlexW4310519893
IdiomaEN
Referências citadas29

Despite being often recognized as a middle power, Erdoğan and his aides have firmly believed that Turkey was not a real ‘subject’ in international relations and could only become one under Erdoğan’s rule. This paper examines Turkey’s claims to institute itself as a ‘subject’ in regional politics through the concept of ‘actorness’. The article details the two major policy choices that represent Ankara’s emergence as a subject, evaluates them with respect to the key attributes of actorness in international politics and discusses the implications of Turkey’s militarised and assertive policies for its status in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). The paper argues that while Turkey’s quest for ‘subjectness’ has provided the country with some hard power capability and autonomy, it has not produced consistent and coherent policies, damaging its credibility and attractiveness in the eyes of the countries in the MENA region

Attractiveness · Autonomy · Credibility · Development economics · Economics · Economy · Foreign policy · Middle East · Middle power · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Subject (documents · European Union Policy and Governance · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Law · Psychology · Turkey's Politics and Society