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Article The Rapprochement Between Turkey and the Eu: The Transformation Process in the Strategic Perceptions From the 1999 Helsinki Summit To the 2003 Iraq War(International Relations Council of Turkey, 2006) Gözen, R.; Gözen, Ramazan; Siyaset Bilimi ve Uluslararası İlişkilerThis article analyses the rapprochement process between Turkey and the EU which has been developing since the 1999 Helsinki Summit and especially in the wake of the US invasion of Iraq. As a result of differing perceptions of Turkey and the EU in the post Cold War, the Turkey-EU membership process had faced a deep "structural" crisis. However, after some important changes in the years from 1999 to 2003, Turkey and the EU rediscovered, and approached each other in such a way that it is incomparable with the past. The basic character of this rapprochement is the strategic transformation in the perceptions.Book Part The Sea That Binds Us: The Eu's Problematic Normative Capacity and The Union for The Mediterranean(I B Tauris & Co Ltd, 2014) Atac, C. Akca; Ataç, Cemile Akça; Siyaset Bilimi ve Uluslararası İlişkilerBook Part South Caucasus and Covid-19: Vulnerabilities, Setbacks, Responses(Taylor and Francis, 2023) Ekinci, F.D.This chapter discusses the impact and implications of the COVID-19 pandemic in the South Caucasus. In the framework of the main argument that multiple regional vulnerabilities and setbacks in healthcare systems and economic capacity inherited from the Soviet era shaped the response capacity of the regional actors with the outbreak of the pandemic, it first provides an account of the pre-pandemic background conditions in these spheres in Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia, going back to the Soviet period. It then explores the post-1991 and pandemic period conditions in respect of the same actors in the same spheres, maintaining that the pandemic exacerbated the earlier vulnerabilities and led to limited responses. The final analysis affirms the findings and offers some recommendations for the future. © 2024 selection and editorial matter, Erman Akilli, Burak Güneş and Ahmet Gökbel.Article Is there a J-curve effect in Turkish services?(Springer, 2010) Yazıcı, MehmetThis paper explores the existence of the J-curve effect in Turkish services. The model of Bahmani-Oskooee (Rev Econ Stat 67:500-504, 1985), one of the most commonly employed model in the j-curve literature, is adopted. Using quarterly data from 1986: I to 1998: III, we find that, as a result of real depreciation of Turkish currency, YTL, services trade balance initially improves, then worsens and improves again in the short run. This is a pattern indicating that J-curve effect does not exist in Turkish services sector. We also find that depreciation of Turkish Lira improves the trade balance of the sector in the long run, a result consistent with earlier findings for the whole Turkish economy.Book Part Friendship, Leadership and Hegemonic Masculinity: an Interpersonal Relationship Between Turkey and Russia(Palgrave Macmillan, 2022) Ataç, C.A.Since the Russian intervention in the Syrian crisis and Turkey’s subsequent downing of a Russian jet within the Syrian border in 2015, Russia has become a decisive actor influencing the course of Turkish foreign policy in a way reminding of the troublesome times of the eighteenth-century Ottoman Empire. The increasing influence of Moscow in the decision-making priorities of Ankara has resulted in Turkey’s purchase of S-400, the Russian missile system, which is incompatible with and rival to the NATO infrastructure. President Erdoğan, together with his regional and global counterparts, seeks leadership through friendship in his foreign-policy vision under the AKP rule and emphasizes his interpersonal relations with the world leaders while resolving the conflicts that Turkey involves in. In that respect, the Turkish-Russian relations revolve around the bilateral meetings between Erdoğan and Putin and the S-400 crisis seems to be handling on the friendship level. Against this background, however, one could argue that the recent Turkish-Russian relations unfold along a domination-subordination axis, which is linked to the larger debate on the hegemonic masculinity rather than friendship. This chapter seeks to assess the Turkish-Russian relations with a particular emphasis on the S-400 crisis, from the perspectives of friendship, leadership and hegemonic masculinity. © The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022.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 Citation - Scopus: 2Russia-Turkey Relations (1991-2016): Diverging Interests and Compelling Realities(Springer International Publishing, 2017) Ekinci, D.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.Article Citation - WoS: 7Citation - Scopus: 8Mothers in Cases of Incest in Turkey: Views and Experiences of Professionals(Springer/plenum Publishers, 2013) Bademci, Emine; Kardam, FilizThis paper aims to understand how professionals view non-offending mothers in cases of incest. Its data is based on a larger qualitative research project with 98 professionals in Turkey, including both frontline workers and those who join the process after the disclosure of abuse and are contacted professionally in incest cases. In spite of the differences in their views, the interviewed professionals have acknowledged the critical role of the mother in various phases of incest from disclosure of abuse to the treatment of the victim. However, they have also pointed out the insufficiencies and ambivalences of the mothers in terms of dealing properly with incest by underlining their economic and social vulnerability. The results reflected that the mothers need to be perceived in another light, understood better and empowered according to their needs to become vital partners within the support system combating incestuous abuse.Article Citation - WoS: 4Citation - Scopus: 4Hegemonic Masculinity and Terrorism: the Case of the Pkk and Abdullah Ocalan(Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2020) Turk, H. Bahadir; Bahadır Türk, H.Recent years have seen an increase in the study of the relationship between gender and terrorism. This article analyzes the relationship between hegemonic masculinity and terrorism through the case of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (Partiya Karkeren Kurdistan or PKK) and its leader Abdullah ocalan. Using the method of narrative analysis, the study first examines the concept of hegemonic masculinity. The study attempts to make sense of how the concept of hegemonic masculinity operates within the PKK. To achieve this goal, the study demonstrates the major functions of hegemonic masculinity within terrorist organisations. Accordingly, it is argued that the perspective of masculinity studies can be used to gain a better and highly instructive understanding of political violence and terrorism.