Türki̇ye’ni̇n Lati̇n Ameri̇ka Açilimi

In recent years, with the coming to power of the Justice and Development Party (AKP), Turkey has become an active player in the global arena, so it has high degree of independence in taking and carrying out its decisions in several international perspectives while paying regard to its Western allies. This has resulted in an intensification of Turkey's foreign and economic policy partnerships with its neighboring countries as well as with previously overlooked regions. In this sense, Latin America and the Caribbean states have been considered as one of the main and very promising lines of Turkey's foreign policy. This study aims to scrutinize Turkey's opening policy in Latin America using the exapmle of Turkish Venezuelan partnership, which has been intensified and diversified as of 2016 after periods of recession and boom. Venezuela is one of the countries with which Turkey has established first diplomatic relations in the Latin America and the Caribbean region. Relations betwen Turkey and Venezuela which have been limited for many years mainly because of geographical distance, have gathered a new momentum on account of Turkey's opening policy towards the Latin America and Caribbean as well as mutual high-level visits in recent years. This intercontinental cooperation was reflected in the increasing of trade and economic relations, along with the deepening of diplomatic ties. In the study, the main emphasis is placed on the underlying key elements of this partnership between Turkey and Venezuela. The study reveals that the sudden partnership between Turkey and Venezuela is formed based on struggling against common external challenges. The two states are both under sanctions and pressure by the United States even with a differentiating level of severity; both economies are facing crisis moments. In this respect, these factors make contribution to the enhancement of economic relations between them based on mutual advantage. The study concludes that the two states has made both material gains and received ideological support as a result of the flourishing relations in recent years

Cultural and political discourse analysis · Hispanic-African Historical Relations · Geology

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