1st Edition

Turkey’s Pivot to the African Continent Strategic Crossroads

136 Pages
by Routledge

136 Pages
by Routledge

136 Pages
by Routledge

The book provides a comprehensive and long-term assessment of Turkey’s evolving role in Africa at different levels ranging from political to economic, cultural and military ties. It engage with discussions surrounding Turkey’s strengths and weaknesses in its foreign policies targeting African countries. Rather than taking policy discourses for granted, the chapters in this volume unpack the... Read more

Introduction Turkey and Africa: Motivations, Challenges and Future Prospects

Elem Eyrice Tepeciklioğlu, Francois Vreÿ and Bahar Baser

 

1. Turkey-Africa Relations and Turkey’s National Role Conception as the Centre Country: Continuity or a Break with the Past?

Brendon J. Cannon and Federico Donelli

 

2. Beyond the Soft–Hard Power Binary: Resource Control in Turkey’s Foreign Policy Towards Sub-Saharan Africa

Jens Heibach and Hakkı Taş

 

3. Turkish Humanitarian Assistance During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Focus on Africa

Yunus Turhan

 

4. Exploring the Maritime Nexus in Turkey’s African Agenda

Francois Vreÿ and Mark Blaine

 

5. (Exploring) the Impact of Turkey’s Embassies on Trade with sub-Saharan Africa

Ali Onur Tepeciklioğlu, Elem Eyrice Tepeciklioğlu and Can Karabıyık

 

6. No Strings Attached: Understanding Turkey’s Arms Exports to Africa

Çağlar Kurç

 

7. Summitry Diplomacy in Turkey–Africa Relations: Statements, (Non-)Accomplishments and Effectiveness

Mehmet Özkan and Serhat Orakçı

Biography

Elem Eyrice-Tepeciklioğlu is Associate Professor and the Head of the Area Studies Department at Social Sciences University of Ankara, Turkey. She studies African Politics, Turkey-Africa relations and emerging powers in Africa. She is the co-editor of Turkey in Africa: A New Emerging Power? (Routledge, 2021).

Francois Vreÿ is a National Research Foundation (NRF) C1-rated researcher in Humanities/Social Sciences. He is a former lecturer in the Military Strategy Department, Faculty of Military Science, Stellenbosch University and currently the research coordinator for SIGLA. He lecturers at the University of Namibia, Military Colleges such as the South African National Defence College and the Royal Danish Defence College (RDDC).

Bahar Baser is Associate Professor at Durham University's School of Government and International Affairs, UK. She is also a visiting fellow at the Security Institute for Governance and Leadership in Africa (SIGLA). She is an expert in the area of diaspora studies, peacebuilding and conflict transformation.