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Analys av turkisk utrikespolitik-Beslutsfattande och konsekvenser till följd av den kurdiska frågan

Åberg, Camilla (2007)
Department of Political Science
Abstract
This thesis aims to describe and characterise the impact of the Kurdish question for Turkey's decision-making process and foreign relations from the 1980's until today. The Kurdish question as perceived by Ankara, is separatist, and poses a security threat to the entire country but has also international dimensions, which are responded with foreign policy actions by Turkey. Initially, a systemic view is considered in order to investigate Turkey's position in this issue in a global perspective. Moreover, this is completed with an ?Internal Politics Perspective?(Joe D Hagan), which gives a deeper understanding of the actual structures and actors in Turkish domestic policy that shape the foreign policy. In this empirical case we realize the... (More)
This thesis aims to describe and characterise the impact of the Kurdish question for Turkey's decision-making process and foreign relations from the 1980's until today. The Kurdish question as perceived by Ankara, is separatist, and poses a security threat to the entire country but has also international dimensions, which are responded with foreign policy actions by Turkey. Initially, a systemic view is considered in order to investigate Turkey's position in this issue in a global perspective. Moreover, this is completed with an ?Internal Politics Perspective?(Joe D Hagan), which gives a deeper understanding of the actual structures and actors in Turkish domestic policy that shape the foreign policy. In this empirical case we realize the importance of Turkey's historical experiences, which have more than just a symbolic impact on the decision-making process with regards to foreign policy. As a consequence to the Kurdish question, Turkish authorities have been very active in stating their difficulties and have tried to initiate support for the country's problems with separatist activities, but have nevertheless encountered large objections to its case, from both neighbouring and Western States. (Less)
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author
Åberg, Camilla
supervisor
organization
year
type
H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
subject
keywords
Kurdish question, Turkish Foreign Policy decision-making, Multi-level analysis, Domestic politics, Terrorism, Social sciences, Samhällsvetenskaper, Political and administrative sciences, Statsvetenskap, förvaltningskunskap
language
Swedish
id
1325136
date added to LUP
2007-05-02 00:00:00
date last changed
2007-05-02 00:00:00
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  abstract     = {{This thesis aims to describe and characterise the impact of the Kurdish question for Turkey's decision-making process and foreign relations from the 1980's until today. The Kurdish question as perceived by Ankara, is separatist, and poses a security threat to the entire country but has also international dimensions, which are responded with foreign policy actions by Turkey. Initially, a systemic view is considered in order to investigate Turkey's position in this issue in a global perspective. Moreover, this is completed with an ?Internal Politics Perspective?(Joe D Hagan), which gives a deeper understanding of the actual structures and actors in Turkish domestic policy that shape the foreign policy. In this empirical case we realize the importance of Turkey's historical experiences, which have more than just a symbolic impact on the decision-making process with regards to foreign policy. As a consequence to the Kurdish question, Turkish authorities have been very active in stating their difficulties and have tried to initiate support for the country's problems with separatist activities, but have nevertheless encountered large objections to its case, from both neighbouring and Western States.}},
  author       = {{Åberg, Camilla}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Analys av turkisk utrikespolitik-Beslutsfattande och konsekvenser till följd av den kurdiska frågan}},
  year         = {{2007}},
}