A normative approach to contemporary Turkish foreign policy

The cosmopolitanism–communitarianism divide

Bibliographic Data

ID9940563
AuthorsEmel Parlar Dal (0000-0001-6508-6069, Department of International Relations, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey, corresponding author)
Year2015
Volume70
Issue3
Pages421-433
Publication date2015-09-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal Canada s Journal of Global Policy Analysis (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0020-7020 • E-ISSN: 2052-465X
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0020702015584306
OpenAlexW2315716324
LanguageEN
Citations received4

This study explores the cosmopolitanism–communitarianism divide in normative international relations (IR) theory with a special focus on the apparent increasing weight of ethics and morality in Turkish foreign policy. First, it outlines the current debates in normative IR theory with a special focus on the divide between cosmopolitanism and communitarianism. Second, it asks whether Turkey’s foreign policy tradition, both in its discourse and its ethics, leans more toward cosmopolitanism or communitarianism. Then, it examines the slow rise of cosmopolitanism in Turkish foreign policy in the 2000s, with particular reference to the ruling political party in Turkey, the AKP (the Justice and Development Party). Finally, it examines the cosmopolitan/communitarian dilemma that the AKP government faces in the context of the Arab Spring, and specifically the Syrian civil war

Communitarianism · Cosmopolitanism · Foreign policy · Liberalism · Normative · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Turkish · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Law · Philosophy · Turkey's Politics and Society

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