PRINCIPLE TRAJECTORIES OF THE DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN POLICY CRISES IN MODERN TURKISH REPUBLIC
https://doi.org/10.24833/2071-8160-2016-2-47-7-14
Abstract
The Republic of Turkey in the year of 2015 has gone through the period of critical transformation of its foreign and domestic policies. The main reason for this transformation is the inability of the Justice and Development Party to reach its goals to draft the new constitution and vest the president of the country with new powers. Nevertheless, the authors believe that there are also historic and demographic reasons for this transformation that have been developing for several decades. The basis of this transformation is the destructive foreign policy course pursued by the ruling elites aimed at fomenting crises inside and outside Turkey. The most tangible signs of that are the resumption of hostilities between the Turkish army and PKK and also regular shillings of the positions of Syrian Kurds by Turkish artillery. According to the authorities of Turkey such policy is likely to force the Turkish society and foreign partners to make concessions and give the Justice and Development Party the right to reform the country in its own way. However, such policy also increases the possibility that some internal and external actors will try to make everything possible to overthrow the ruling regime one way or another.
About the Authors
V. A. Avatkov
MGIMO University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
the teacher of military chair of MGIMO of the MFA of Russia,
the senior teacher in the Diplomatic Academy of the MFA of Russia,
76, Prospect Vernadskogo Moscow, 119454
M. V. Kochkin
MGIMO University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
research fellow in the Center for eastern studies, international relations and public diplomacy,
76, Prospect Vernadskogo Moscow, 119454
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Avatkov V.A., Kochkin M.V. PRINCIPLE TRAJECTORIES OF THE DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN POLICY CRISES IN MODERN TURKISH REPUBLIC. MGIMO Review of International Relations. 2016;(2(47)):7-14. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.24833/2071-8160-2016-2-47-7-14
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