Siyaset Bilimi ve Uluslararası İlişkiler Bölümü Yayın Koleksiyonu
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Article Citation - WoS: 3Citation - Scopus: 3A Feminist Reading of Turkish Foreign Policy and the S-400 Crisis(Sage Publications inc, 2021) Akca Atac, C.Hypermasculine hegemonic masculinities have become the norm to dominate the foreign policies all around the world. As the populist foreign-policy visions, the byproducts of androcentric norm-creation, undermine the established rules for peace, diplomacy and co-existence in the international system, other experiences have faded away from the narratives that have defined and contributed to foreign policies. The accelerating urgency of the national security agendas of the hypermasculine states seek to cancel feminist definitions, practices and theories for the sake of physical force and state control. Nevertheless, more than any other period in history, it is these conflicting times that necessitate Cynthia Enloe's 'curious feminist' questions the most. Turkish foreign policy of the last decade has become a quintessential example of hypermasculine hegemonic masculinity, especially within the context of the S-400 crisis with the US, NATO and Russia; its feminist critics are distressingly rare. This paper aims to offer an alternative reading of Turkey's S-400 saga from a feminist perspective to contribute a Turkish case to feminist International Relations. First a definition of feminist International Relations will be provided. Then, the hypermasculine character of the Turkish hegemonic masculinity and its reflection on the current Turkish foreign policy will be analyzed. Lastly, the S-400 crisis of Turkey's decision to buy Russian defense missiles as a NATO member will be examined.Book Part Turkish Decision-Making and the Balkans: Implications of Role Theory(Peter Lang AG, 2015) Ekinci, D.The once-and-for-all change in the end of 1980s brought with it new states in the Balkans, which propelled renewed Turkish policy formulation vis-à-vis the region. The post-Cold War timeline of Turkish-Balkan relations demonstrated foreign-policy attitudes taking shape differently compared to Cold War period due to mutually evolving role identifications and role prescriptions of actors, on which the conceptual baggage of role theory offers a germane framework for enquiry. Changes in role conceptions in Turkey's Balkan relations after 1990 were neither limitless nor thoroughly radical. Relations with the region were undisputedly taken further after the Cold War, and yet remained low-key compared to relations with other neighbouring regions. © Peter Lang GmbH Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften Frankfurt am Main 2015. All rights reserved.