Eurasian Alternative in Turkish Foreign Policy

Abstract

One of the constant fundamental principles of Turkish foreign policy during the republican era has been its "Western orientation". In spite of this fact Turkey faced an "Eurasian alternative" in the last decade. Turkey, after negligence far 70 years, has tried ta develop (ta have friendly relations) with Central Asian and southern Caucasian states after they had acquired independence. The attempt of the last ten years can be called as failure of the last ten years.

Keywords

Turkish Foreign Policy, Eurasia, Central Asia, USA, Russia.

Citation

Tellal, Erel, “Eurasian Alternative in Turkish Foreign Policy”, International Relations, Volume 2, Issue 5 (Spring 2005), pp. 49-70.

Affiliations

• Erel Tellal, Assistant Professor, Ankara University, Faculty of Political Sciences, Department of International Relations