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
Ganbarloo, A. "National security considerations and westernization in turkey foreign policy", Strategic Studies Quarterly, 15, 58, 2013, 171–198.
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Ganbarloo, A. (2013). 'National security considerations and westernization in turkey foreign policy', Strategic Studies Quarterly, 15(58), pp. 171–198.
CHICAGO
Ganbarloo, A., "National security considerations and westernization in turkey foreign policy." Strategic Studies Quarterly, 15 58 (2013): 171–198,
VANCOUVER
Ganbarloo A. National security considerations and westernization in turkey foreign policy. SSQ. 2013;15(58):171–198 (In Persian).
