Turkey's Syria Predicament

Barkey, Henri J.

doi:10.1080/19445571.2014.995940

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“…Victories against ISIS on the ground and the USA’s unwillingness for full military intervention in Syria coincided. As Barkey (2015) suggests, the PYD/YPG has become the USA’s local ally of choice in Syria (Barkey, 2015: 113–134). This relationship has gradually consolidated itself around the policy of the USA’s airstrikes supporting the PYD/YPG’s ground war, which weakened ISIS’s hold over territories.…”

Section: The Practical Spillover Effect From the Pyd/ypg In Syria To mentioning

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The Spillover Effect of the Syrian Crisis on the Peace Process in Turkey

Dağ

2018

Journal of Asian and African Studies

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The Kurdish question has been one of the most protracted issues in the political history of Turkey. Given such a long securitization of the Kurdish question, it almost came to an end due to the peace process initiated by the AK Party government and the imprisoned leader of the PKK, Abdullah Öcalan in 2013. Apparently it was not a solid process because it failed immediately after the June 2015 general election. There may have been many internal and external factors explaining the reason why it failed but this paper looks specifically at one of them: the influence of the Syrian crisis on the peace process in Turkey in light of spillover effects and spreading insurgency theories.

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Section: The Practical Spillover Effect From the Pyd/ypg In Syria To mentioning

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The Spillover Effect of the Syrian Crisis on the Peace Process in Turkey

Dağ

2018

Journal of Asian and African Studies

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“…This potential deterioration of relations between Turkey and the KRG appears to be an important impediment for the interdependence that Turkey has sought to create between Ankara and Erbil since 2003. Particularly, the atmosphere sparked by the ISIS attacks against the Kurdish towns of Syria created a moment of solidarity, which rekindled the Kurds’ sense of unity and national purpose (Barkey, :125). It is not a coincidence that the statements issued by the KRG's President Barzani indicated that his focus is on the idea that independence for the Kurds in the region is close at hand ( The Guardian , ) — a notion to which Turkey has always been vehemently opposed.…”

Section: Syrian Civil War's Impact Into the Turkish Foreign Policy VImentioning

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“…Indeed, the reluctance of the AKP in the initiation of democratic reforms in the wake of the “Kurdish Opening,” as well as a similar reluctance emerged in sending material support to the Kurds of Syria. For example, the case of Kobane and the violent demonstrations in the aftermath of the Kobane crisis have all altered the previously existing atmosphere of hope in the country (Barkey, :127). The growing concerns and discontent of Kurds have therefore become a permanent component of the discussions held in the Turkish Grand National Assembly.…”

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Examining the Impact of Turkey's Approach Vis‐à‐Vis Syria into Turkey's Iraq Policy

Harunoğlu

2017

Digest Mid East Studies

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The tension between "international order" and justice has long been a focus of critical attention of many scholars. Today, with the rise of the humanitarian crises, the debate is once again visible, and Turkish foreign policy is one of the most important areas of observation of this tension. Indeed, the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 paved the way for Turkey to actively engage in regional affairs. Meanwhile, the need to bring human justice into world politics makes Turkish foreign policy decision makers operate on a much more humanitarian basis. Nevertheless, active humanitarian engagement poses an important challenge to traditional Turkish foreign policy as it is mainly based on the notion of "non-interference," as well as on the elementary components of international order, by raising suspicions on the intentions of the Turkish authorities. This article aims to explore the challenges Turkey has been facing since the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, and diagnose Turkish foreign policy vis-à-vis Iraq in the shadow of the Syrian civil war from Hedley Bull's framework of "order" and "justice." It argues that Turkey's recent fluctuations in the Middle East could be linked to Turkey's failure to reconcile the requirements of "order" with those of "justice" and the Turkish governing party's (AKP) attempts to use justice as an important instrument to consolidate its power both in Turkey and in the Middle East.Examinando el impacto del acercamiento de Turquía en cara a Siria dentro de la política turca relacionada con Irak Resumen La tensi on entre el "orden internacional" y la justicia ha atraído hace mucho la atenci on crítica de muchos acad emicos. Hoy, con el incremento de la crisis humanitaria, el debate es de nuevo visible, y la política exterior turca es una de las areas m as importantes de observaci on en esta tensi on. Ciertamente, la invasi on en

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“…Zamanla Esad'sız çözüm önerisinden vazgeçen Obama yönetimi, yukarıda ifade edilen dış politika ilkelerine uygun olarak, önceliği, IŞİD ile mücadeleye verdi ve ülkedeki tüm stratejisini bu olgu üzerine inşa etti. 44 Bu anlayış bağlamında, Türkiye'nin hararetle savunduğu uçuşa yasak bölge ve/veya uluslararası askeri operasyon düzenleme fikirlerine itibar etmedi. Hatta 3 Ekim 2014'te Başkan Yardımcısı Biden, Türkiye, Suudi Arabistan ve BAE'ni, Esad'ı devirme ve böl-gede Sünni-Şii çatışması çıkarma konularında aşırı kararlı olmakla suçladı.…”

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AK Parti Hükümetinin Orta Doğu Politikası ve ABD Yönetimi ile Batılı Uzmanların Eleştirileri

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2016

Gazi Akademik Bakış

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Turkey's Syria Predicament

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The Spillover Effect of the Syrian Crisis on the Peace Process in Turkey

The Spillover Effect of the Syrian Crisis on the Peace Process in Turkey

Examining the Impact of Turkey's Approach Vis‐à‐Vis Syria into Turkey's Iraq Policy

AK Parti Hükümetinin Orta Doğu Politikası ve ABD Yönetimi ile Batılı Uzmanların Eleştirileri

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