1. The formulation and implementation of populist foreign policy: Turkey in the Eastern Mediterranean
- Author
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Hakkı Taş
- Subjects
Politik ,Populismus ,Southern Europe ,Turkey ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Geography, Planning and Development ,Südeuropa ,Internationale Beziehungen ,Türkei ,political opinion ,050601 international relations ,Personalization ,politische Meinung ,politische Folgen ,Political science ,politische Richtung ,international system ,050602 political science & public administration ,Außenpolitik ,Mediterranean region ,Diskurs ,media_common ,Gesellschaft ,political direction ,05 social sciences ,international relations ,International Relations, International Politics, Foreign Affairs, Development Policy ,populism ,0506 political science ,Populism ,Mittelmeerraum ,Europe ,Eastern mediterranean ,society ,foreign policy ,political impact ,Foreign policy ,Political economy ,Political Science and International Relations ,international politics ,internationales System ,discourse ,Ideology ,internationale Politik ,politics ,internationale Beziehungen, Entwicklungspolitik ,Europa ,ddc:327 - Abstract
Although populism does not dictate a coherent ideological or programmatic agenda, some of its elements still leave distinct marks on the formulation and implementation of foreign policy. This paper argues for the study of populism in its tangible policy impacts and scrutinizes the nexus of populism and foreign policy in contemporary Turkey under President Erdoğan's rule. Despite the abundant references to the 'people' in the populist rhetoric, it identifies personalization in foreign policy decision-making, nationalization in foreign policy implementation, and civilizationalization in the foreign policy discourse. Having established the patterns of populist foreign policy from a wider reading, this study then examines, generally, how populism has informed Turkish foreign policy and, specifically, Turkey's approach to the recent border disputes over the gas fields in the Eastern Mediterranean.
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- 2022