Turkey’s Political Parties’ Asia Policies: Visions, Contacts, Issues

Ecem Evrensel, Defne Gönenç and Sinan Ünlüsoy

Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies, 2024, vol. 26, issue 5, 768-792

Abstract: Traditionally, Turkey has been an ally of the transatlantic bloc. As a NATO member, with a majority Muslim population and a free market economy, it was even hailed by Western powers as a model country in the 2000s. However, due to its acquisition of the S-400 missile defence system from Russia, its desire to be a member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, and its military presence in Syria and Libya, many analysts have argued that Turkey’s foreign policy has experienced a pivot to Asia recently. This article systematically examines the current positions of various political parties in Turkey in this context using first-hand data. Through semi-structured interviews with 14 political party representatives, and by analysing their party programmes, the vision of different political parties in respect of Asia, their relations with Asian actors, their stance on Asian foreign direct investments and its environmental impacts, the Uyghur issue, and their thoughts on the period that will follow the Ukraine-Russia war are studied.

Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1080/19448953.2024.2308965

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