TURKEY’S NEW GEOPOLITICAL NARRATIVE
Abstract
Turkish studies have long been dominated by geopolitical analyses. Regardless of the subject under investigation, Turkey’s geopolitical value is taken into consideration as an important methodological concern. Further, it is believed that this geopolitical difference is immune from any major changes. This paper suggests that the traditional geopolitical narrative in Turkey which depends on a classical organic approach can no longer be defended on factual evidence. As an organic approach, the old narrative of Turkish geopolitics depends on an aprioristic logic which is believed to exist between location and state. Therefore, many assumptions of the old narrative, such as Turkey is located between x and y, stand as simple hypothetical argumentations. This paper attempts to criticize the old, geopolitical narrative on several theoretical levels. In this vein, Turkey’s policy of pipelines is studied as a case study in order to analyze the new geopolitical narrative.
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EU-TEN is the acronym for Trans European Network for Transport.
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