Turkey’s Antarctic quest: historical legacies, geopolitical ambitions
In the past five years, Turkey has become active in Antarctica, although these efforts have been overlooked in political and academic debates on Turkish foreign policy. In this article, Ali Bilgic explains the underlying reasons for Turkey’s accelerated efforts in Antarctica as part of its status-se...
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ftloughboroughun:oai:figshare.com:article/14922705 2023-05-15T13:52:36+02:00 Turkey’s Antarctic quest: historical legacies, geopolitical ambitions Ali Bilgic 2022-01-31T00:00:00Z https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Turkey_s_Antarctic_quest_historical_legacies_geopolitical_ambitions/14922705 unknown 2134/14922705.v1 https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Turkey_s_Antarctic_quest_historical_legacies_geopolitical_ambitions/14922705 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 CC-BY-NC-ND Uncategorized Political Science Text Journal contribution 2022 ftloughboroughun 2022-02-10T00:01:32Z In the past five years, Turkey has become active in Antarctica, although these efforts have been overlooked in political and academic debates on Turkish foreign policy. In this article, Ali Bilgic explains the underlying reasons for Turkey’s accelerated efforts in Antarctica as part of its status-seeking foreign policy with a global geopolitical scope. He argues that, while Ankara clearly wants to build influence around the world, including Antarctica, it is unlikely that Turkey is seeking significant changes in the Antarctic geopolitical balance. Nevertheless, the patterns in Ankara’s behaviour suggest if the Antarctic Treaty System parties ignore or reject Turkey’s status-seeking in the region, then there might be a change in Turkish strategy. Other Non-Article Part of Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Loughborough University: Figshare Antarctic The Antarctic |
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In the past five years, Turkey has become active in Antarctica, although these efforts have been overlooked in political and academic debates on Turkish foreign policy. In this article, Ali Bilgic explains the underlying reasons for Turkey’s accelerated efforts in Antarctica as part of its status-seeking foreign policy with a global geopolitical scope. He argues that, while Ankara clearly wants to build influence around the world, including Antarctica, it is unlikely that Turkey is seeking significant changes in the Antarctic geopolitical balance. Nevertheless, the patterns in Ankara’s behaviour suggest if the Antarctic Treaty System parties ignore or reject Turkey’s status-seeking in the region, then there might be a change in Turkish strategy. |
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