jafar naghdi Eshratabad; Reza Garshasbi; Hadi Sadeghi Aval
Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to examine the change in Turkish strategy against ISIS from "support" to "battling". In order to understand is used the approach of the "structure of the international system," which is a synthesis of "regional hegemonic structure" and "trans-regional repulse structure" to ...
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The purpose of this paper is to examine the change in Turkish strategy against ISIS from "support" to "battling". In order to understand is used the approach of the "structure of the international system," which is a synthesis of "regional hegemonic structure" and "trans-regional repulse structure" to indicate why Turkey is carried out to the "big change".
For this purpose, is used descriptive-analytical method and relied on documentary sources through library research. The findings show because of the limitations of the regional structure due to superiority of Kurds, the axis of resistance and Russia as the dominant forces on the one hand and Trans-regional systemic pressures due to discredit front of the US, EU and international institutions / world public opinion, on the other hand, turkey was forced to strategic turn in its policy against ISIS. So, this kind of revisionism comes from a tradition based on realistic in order to restore power and national security not from the revolutionary tradition based on real determination to fight terrorism.
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One of the the most important issues in middle east and contemporary turkey is the study of stability and threat factors of democracy. Among the other countries of middle east, turkey has long-term experience in democracy. A glance to the country show turkey s democracy has fluctuating matter. In the ...
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One of the the most important issues in middle east and contemporary turkey is the study of stability and threat factors of democracy. Among the other countries of middle east, turkey has long-term experience in democracy. A glance to the country show turkey s democracy has fluctuating matter. In the other words, democracy in turkey as a form of government and a kind of relations between society and the government have face threat and stability factors simultaneously. The main goal of the article is evaluating causes of the issue. the article argues some variables such as turkey s constitution amendments, party system and trying to accession to EU (stability variables) and ethnic threats, religious minorities challenges and the military interventions (threat stability) have influenced turkey s democracy. to evaluate the hypothesis, the article has some sections such as theoretical framework with emphasis on stability and threat factors, historical approach to democracy trends in turkey and evaluation of threat-stability variables in turkey’s democracy.
Heshmatollah Falahat Pishe; Vahid Sharbati; Mohammad Mehdi Mozafari
Volume 4, Issue 12 , July 2015, , Pages 37-60
Abstract
With power succession of “ justice and development” party in Turkey in
2002 the foreign policy of this country in regional and far regional relations has
seriously changed. Before 2000 Turkeys foreign policy was far westernized and
the government policy-making was west, specially US, oriented. ...
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With power succession of “ justice and development” party in Turkey in
2002 the foreign policy of this country in regional and far regional relations has
seriously changed. Before 2000 Turkeys foreign policy was far westernized and
the government policy-making was west, specially US, oriented. But with rise of
justice and development government in Turkey, the country’s foreign policy
changed to a multidimensional pragmatic interest-based policy .one aspect of
this policy modified foreign policy toward collaboration with neighbors in order
to enhance Turkey’s role in the region including south Caucasus. This study
tries to evaluate Turkey foreign policy in Caucasus and its conflicting interests
with the two powerful countries of area – Iran and Russia. The main question of
this study is concentrated on the Turkey’s Caucasian Policy and its affects on
interests of Iran and Russia. The hypothesis of the paper is that new Turkey’s
foreign policy in the region brought contradiction between the country and two
abovementioned powerful neighbors.
Hamid Nassaj
Volume 2, Issue 5 , June 2013, , Pages 101-130
Abstract
.In the early decades of the twentieth century, semi-modern states emerged in Iranand Turkey. Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, who managed to establish Turkey on theremains of the Ottoman Empire, tried hard to modernize turkey with Anti-religiousapproach. In Reza Khan successfully toppled the rotten Qajar Dynasty ...
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.In the early decades of the twentieth century, semi-modern states emerged in Iranand Turkey. Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, who managed to establish Turkey on theremains of the Ottoman Empire, tried hard to modernize turkey with Anti-religiousapproach. In Reza Khan successfully toppled the rotten Qajar Dynasty and took holdof the throne, Likewise, he believed in modernization through the process ofwesternization.Foreign relations between two countries, and especially Reza Shah`s historicvisit to Turkey, Strengthened the theoretical bond of the two rulers.when Rezashah returned, he became more determined in his Westernizationpolicy and particularly unveiling women.Despite similar theoretical approaches and the influence of Turkey on Iran,Comparing the westernization of Ataturk and that of Reza Shah reveals manydifferences in their magnitude and range. Ataturk omitted religious ranking,religious schools Sharia courts, and monasteries. He prohibited any religious signsand established European anti-Islamic civil law; he promulgated the payer, Quran,and Azan to be done in Turkish, and made a weakened change from Friday toSunday; none were done by Reza Shah. The resistance in the two countries wasdifferent too. There was no social mobilization in Turkey and the resistance wasregional and temporary. The question of this paper is which factors,despite similartheoretical approach, caused. the different achievements of Reza Shah and Ataturk.The main factor that can explain these differences (differences in the magnitude andthe type of resistance) is "religion and the organization of clergies. Moreover, thelack of deep thought tradition in turkey, turkey’s neighborhood with west, strongbureaucracy remained from Ottoman Empire and finally territorial threats by Greeksare other influential elements
Abbas Keshavarz Shokri; Somayeh Ahmadvand
Volume 2, Issue 4 , April 2013, , Pages 127-159
Abstract
The aim of this article is to study the performance of the Islamist justice and development party of Turkey in the fields of domestic policy -that is the succession of this party in domestic political, social and economic fields- and foreign policy in both regional and international levels in 2011-2012. ...
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The aim of this article is to study the performance of the Islamist justice and development party of Turkey in the fields of domestic policy -that is the succession of this party in domestic political, social and economic fields- and foreign policy in both regional and international levels in 2011-2012. Attempts have been made in the present article to discuss the theoretical principals of the Islamism and viewpoints of the thinkers about Islamism process in turkey and the history of the Islamic parties in this country, as well as the performance of the Islamist justice and development party in in the fields of foreign and domestic policies. The positive performance of this party prepared the grounds for it to win the votes of Muslims and non-Muslims which catapulted it to power in 2011 for the third time
