Turkey's Asia Relations

This book explores shifts in Turkey's foreign policy and the relevance of Turkey's reconnect offensive with Asia. With the end of the Cold War, Turkey and the West had lost the mutuality of interests and threat perceptions, particularly towards Russia. Western countries are now occupied by the rise of China and are in search of new allies in the Asia Pacific. Turkey is left in its region to deal with Russia and crises that are primary outcomes of Western failures in Syria, Libya, Iraq, Azerbaijan, and Qatar. In the absence of its Western allies, Turkey engaged with Russia alone to deconflict and stabilise Syria, Libya, and Azerbaijan. Turkey's ruling conservative AK Party, however, had won elections from 2002 to 2012 on a strong pro-EU and pro-West agenda. Now, it is talking about 'strategic autonomy', 'multidimensionalism', 'diversification', or 'the world is bigger than five'. The new foreign policy gestures are underpinned by the rise of the domestic defence industry, nationalist politics at home, and increased trade relations with key Asian economies, China, India, and Indonesia. At an international level, the ruling party has instrumentalised strong criticism of the West for injustice and neglect of the Turkish, Muslim, Islamic, and non-western world. Although this reminds of the history of Turkey's failed quests to shift from a West-centric foreign policy to an unknown direction, the book argues that Turkey's reconnect with Asia is rather to complement and strengthen its relations with the West.

Autorentext

Omair Anas is Assistant Professor in the Department of International Relations at Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University, Turkey. Prior to joining AYBU, Ankara, he worked as Research Fellow at the Indian Council of World Affairs, New Delhi.

Inhalt
Part I. THE NARRATIVES OF TRANSITIONS

1. Introduction- Locating Asia in Turkey's Multidimensional RelationOmair Anas, Assistant Professor, Yildirim Beyazit University, Ankara, Turkey
2. Turkey-Asia Relations in the Triangle of Competition and Cooperation between the Mughal, the Safavid, and the Ottoman Emre Yürük, Ph.D. Candidate, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
3. From Pan-Islamism/Pan-Asianism to Multidimensionalism: Intellectual Transitions in Turkey's Asia PerspectivesOmair Anas, Assistant Professor, Yildirim Beyazit University, Ankara, Turkey
4. Turkey's Asia Policy in the Republican Era ArchivesOmer Aslan, Assistant Professor, Yildirim Beyazit University, Ankara, Turkey Author of The United States and Military Coups in Turkey and Pakistan Between Conspiracy and Reality, 2018, Palgrave Macmillan
5. Turkey's Foreign policy in Asian Media opinions Omair Anas, Assistant Professor, Yildirim Beyazit University, Ankara, Turkey
   Part II. STRATEGC DVERSFCATON
6. Turkish-Asian Cooperation in "Diversified Strategic Environment" Merve Seren, Assistant Professor, Yildirim Beyazit University, Ankara, Turkey
7. Turkey's Conflict Management in Kashmir, Rohingya, Uyghur, and Moro Hussain Mercan and Guliz Dinc, Assistant Professors, Yildirim Beyazit University, Ankara, Turkey
8. Turkey's Soft Power Prospects in AsiaNecati Anaz, Assistant Professor, Istanbul University, Turkey
9. Belt and Road in Turkey's Asia PolicyEjaz Akram, Assistant Professor, Iqra University, Islamabad, Pakistan
   Part III. THE TRANSACTIONS
10. Turkey in China's Middle Eastern PoliticsDr. Ali Bakeer- Ankara based political analyst and commentator
11. Turkey-East Asia RelationsDr. Kohei IMAI, Tokyo based expert of analyst of Middle East affairs
12. Between the Two Worlds: Turkey's Repositioning in the Global Economy Mehmet Babacan, Assistant Professor, Medipol University, Istanbul, Turkey, Editor, Turkish Economy: Between Middle Income Trap and High Income Status, Palgrave, 2019
13. Turkey's Balancing Efforts in Its Economic Relations with AsiaAltay Atl, Assistant Professor, Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey
14. Turkey and South Asia Omair Anas and Arhama Siddiqi (Institute of Strategic Studies, Islamabad, Pakistan)