Turkey and African agency
The role of Islam and commercialism in Turkey's Africa policy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5099365 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Buğra Süsler (0000-0002-8185-0845, University College London, corresponding author), Chris Alden (0000-0001-7033-1655) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 60 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 597-617 |
| Publication date | 2022-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Modern African Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-278X • E-ISSN: 1469-7777 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0022278x22000349 |
| OpenAlex | W4323788724 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 19 |
The concept of 'agency' and its role in capturing the dynamics between Africa and external actors feature increasingly in the African IR scholarship. Over the past decade, Turkey has become an increasingly prominent actor in Africa, strengthening political, cultural and economic ties with African states and providing humanitarian aid and development assistance. In this paper, we examine Turkey's relationship with Africa from the point of view of African agency and ask 'How much and what kind of agency can we identify by examining the way in which Turkey approaches African states?' The conventional understanding of the concept of African agency defines it in materialist terms and emphasises its transactional nature; it does not adequately explain incidents of enhanced outcomes for Africans in their relationship with Turkey. We argue that an under-examined aspect and a vital source of African agency lies within the discourses of Turkish policy which provide an enabling source of policy space for negotiation for Africans. We demonstrate that the notion of Muslim kinship in Turkish discourses not only distinguishes Turkey from most of the other external powers engaging with the continent but also enables African interlocutors to negotiate enhanced outcomes
Agency (philosophy) · Development economics · Economics · Geography · Islam · Kinship · Negotiation · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Scholarship · Social science · Sociology · Gender Studies · International Development and Aid · Law · Political Conflict and Governance · Turkey's Politics and Society
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.75 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |