Turkish Perceptions of Turkey–US Relations During Obama’s Presidency: Dialectics of Expectations/Partnership and Disappointments/Estrangement

Kınacıoğlu, Müge; Aka, Aylin G. Gürzel

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“…In line with the 'balance of threat' theory (Walt, 1987), Turkey joined the US alliance in order to counterbalance and deter the Soviet claims over the Bosphorus and Dardanelles straits and the northeastern provinces of Kars and Ardahan (Kınacıoğlu & Gürzel Aka, 2018). Lacking the financial and military capabilities it needed to maintain its self-reliance, Turkey had to rely on the US security guarantees and financial assistance (Hale, 2013;Oran, 2011).…”

Section: More Than a Threat-centric Alliancementioning

confidence: 99%

“…It also agreed to host a NATO missile shield radar system in Kürecik, Malatya, in 2011. This was praised by the Obama administration as the most important strategic decision between the US and Turkey in the 2000s (Kınacıoğlu & Gürzel Aka, 2018). Finally, Turkey opened its bases for anti-IS operations led by the US and joined the anti-IS campaigns.…”

Section: Obama's Model Partnership and Trump's Transactional Alliancementioning

confidence: 99%

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The resilience of the US–Turkey alliance: divergent threat perceptions and worldviews

Buhari‐Gulmez

2020

Contemporary Politics

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Focusing on Turkey's 68-year-old formal alliance with the US, this study asks why the alliance persists in spite of diverging perceptions of threat and worldviews. The first section of the article explains that the alliance has been transformed into a more than a threat-centric and transactional partnership over time. The second section focuses on the key issues of the US-Turkey alliance management between January 2009 and 2020 and points to a significant increase in the alliance security dilemma. The third section explores the AKP leadership's divergent worldviews and rising contestations against the US. Overall, the study argues that both transactional and 'order-centric' arguments can be useful to explain the resilience of the US-Turkey alliance in the post-Cold War era.

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Section: More Than a Threat-centric Alliancementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Obama's Model Partnership and Trump's Transactional Alliancementioning

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The resilience of the US–Turkey alliance: divergent threat perceptions and worldviews

Buhari‐Gulmez

2020

Contemporary Politics

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Türkiye’nin Doğrudan Müdahale Öncesi Dönemde Suriye İç Savaşı’na Yönelik Dış Politikasının Analizi

Kiraz

2020

Türkiye Ortadoğu Çalışmaları Dergisi

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Turkish Perceptions of Turkey–US Relations During Obama’s Presidency: Dialectics of Expectations/Partnership and Disappointments/Estrangement

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The resilience of the US–Turkey alliance: divergent threat perceptions and worldviews

The resilience of the US–Turkey alliance: divergent threat perceptions and worldviews

Türkiye’nin Doğrudan Müdahale Öncesi Dönemde Suriye İç Savaşı’na Yönelik Dış Politikasının Analizi

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