Being Entrapped Between Change and Return to the Kemalist Political Culture: Two Stories of the Ak Party Foreign Policy in the Context of Arab Spring

This study is about foreign policy implementations that applied to design Turkish politics before and after the Arab Spring periods by Ak Party, which entered the political scene with the wind of “change” and “reform”. In this context, the current study suggests that the AK Party, prior to the Arab...

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Main Authors: Rıdvan KALAYCI, Ünal TÜYSÜZ
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Language:English
Published: Hale Şıvgın 2020-12-01
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Online Access:https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/1442015
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description This study is about foreign policy implementations that applied to design Turkish politics before and after the Arab Spring periods by Ak Party, which entered the political scene with the wind of “change” and “reform”. In this context, the current study suggests that the AK Party, prior to the Arab Spring, reinterpreted the basic paradigms of the Kemalist political culture and shaped its foreign policy on these dynamics, but with the Arab Spring, experienced a shift towards the traditional line. In order to embody this argument, the relationship between political culture and foreign policy in the AK Party period is examined in detail.
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spelling doaj-art-b36394d37c7e42dca0bfe28a7cda545c2025-02-03T07:52:52ZengHale ŞıvgınGazi Akademik Bakış1307-97781309-51372020-12-01142783104Being Entrapped Between Change and Return to the Kemalist Political Culture: Two Stories of the Ak Party Foreign Policy in the Context of Arab SpringRıdvan KALAYCIhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-7569-4583Ünal TÜYSÜZhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3465-282XThis study is about foreign policy implementations that applied to design Turkish politics before and after the Arab Spring periods by Ak Party, which entered the political scene with the wind of “change” and “reform”. In this context, the current study suggests that the AK Party, prior to the Arab Spring, reinterpreted the basic paradigms of the Kemalist political culture and shaped its foreign policy on these dynamics, but with the Arab Spring, experienced a shift towards the traditional line. In order to embody this argument, the relationship between political culture and foreign policy in the AK Party period is examined in detail.https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/1442015ak partyturkish foreign policyarab springkemalist political culturechange
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Being Entrapped Between Change and Return to the Kemalist Political Culture: Two Stories of the Ak Party Foreign Policy in the Context of Arab Spring
Gazi Akademik Bakış
ak party
turkish foreign policy
arab spring
kemalist political culture
change
title Being Entrapped Between Change and Return to the Kemalist Political Culture: Two Stories of the Ak Party Foreign Policy in the Context of Arab Spring
title_full Being Entrapped Between Change and Return to the Kemalist Political Culture: Two Stories of the Ak Party Foreign Policy in the Context of Arab Spring
title_fullStr Being Entrapped Between Change and Return to the Kemalist Political Culture: Two Stories of the Ak Party Foreign Policy in the Context of Arab Spring
title_full_unstemmed Being Entrapped Between Change and Return to the Kemalist Political Culture: Two Stories of the Ak Party Foreign Policy in the Context of Arab Spring
title_short Being Entrapped Between Change and Return to the Kemalist Political Culture: Two Stories of the Ak Party Foreign Policy in the Context of Arab Spring
title_sort being entrapped between change and return to the kemalist political culture two stories of the ak party foreign policy in the context of arab spring
topic ak party
turkish foreign policy
arab spring
kemalist political culture
change
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