Abstract This article explains the link of national security considerations with westernization in turkey's foreign policy. A review of political foreign relations of turkey and its predecessor ottoman empire, shows that two national security considerations have basic role in its foreign policy: foreign domination and domestic dis-integration. These issues, while are too intertwined, come from ottoman/Turkish peculiar geopolitics. These two issues has made western inclination a dominant and permanent character in turkey’s foreign policy in recent decades. Of course, keeping turkey as a strategic partner has been very important for western powers to contain their adversaries.
Ganbarloo, A. (2013). National security considerations and westernization in turkey foreign policy. Strategic Studies Quarterly, 15(58), 171-198.
MLA
Abdollah Ganbarloo. "National security considerations and westernization in turkey foreign policy". Strategic Studies Quarterly, 15, 58, 2013, 171-198.
HARVARD
Ganbarloo, A. (2013). 'National security considerations and westernization in turkey foreign policy', Strategic Studies Quarterly, 15(58), pp. 171-198.
VANCOUVER
Ganbarloo, A. National security considerations and westernization in turkey foreign policy. Strategic Studies Quarterly, 2013; 15(58): 171-198.
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