Turkey’s Nuclear Agenda: Domestic and Regional Implications

Abstract

The article studies the nuclear agenda of Turkey from two grounds: material and non-material. Both bases are discussed at length regarding Turkey’s position in international policy at regional position and domestic level. Turkey’s changing policy at home and abroad are analyzed over a sensitive issue, the nuclear, to grasp whether it would be annoying a nuclear gone state with negative aspirations or a state successful for combining its nuclear need with its liberal agenda in the region and at home.

Keywords

Nuclear Energy, Turkey, Iran, Security, Norms Model.

Citation

Bacık, Gökhan and Salur, Sammas, “Turkey’s Nuclear Agenda: Domestic and Regional Implications”, Uluslararası İlişkiler, Volume 6, No 24 (Winter 2010), p. 99-116.

Affiliations

• Gökhan Bacık, Assoc. Prof. Dr., Zirve University, Department of Political Science
• Sammas Salur, Assist. Prof. Dr., Fatih University, Department of Political Science