Department of International Relations
Recent Submissions
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Consequences of economic sanctions: the state of the art and paths forward
(Oxford University Press, 2021-06-22)What determines the consequences of economic sanctions? Is there a common explanation for these consequences? This article provides a comprehensive review of the fragmented literature focusing on the consequences of ... -
Introduction to the special issue regional international relations and global worlds: Globalising international relations
(International Relations Council of Turkey, 2021-08-13)The call for globalising International Relations (IR) is about students of IR coming to terms with a globalising world and embracing a plurality of approaches reflective of multiple experiences and interpretations of ‘the ... -
The quest for Soviet legacy in Russian foreign policy
(Siyaset Ekonomi ve Toplum Araştırmaları Vakfı, 2021-02-21)Russian foreign policy is a popular subject on which scholars have lately conducted much research. The current stage of these studies is competent in explaining various aspects of Russian foreign policy. Yet, considering ... -
Turkey and the ‘Maghrebization’ of the European economic community: the 1978 suspension of the association agreement
(Routledge, 2021-02-09)Many scholars blame Turkish politicians for the country's suspension of its Association Agreement with the European Economic Community (EEC) in 1978. Some have argued that rising Turkish anti-Westernism caused the agreement ... -
Combatting violence against women in Turkey: structural obstacles
(Routledge, 2021-10-22)This paper uses the ‘social conflict' theory to analyse the challenges to combatting violence against women in Turkey. It argues that these obstacles that are grounded in unequal social power relations are structured in ... -
The false promise of global IR: exposing the paradox of dependent development
(Cambridge University Press, 2021-08-24)Concerned about the continued dominance of Western International Relations (IR) theories, the global IR community has proposed various measures to address disciplinary hierarchies through encouraging dialogue and pluralism. ... -
Geray hanedanının Osmanlı devleti topraklarında kalan maddi izleri
(Turkish Historical Society, 2021-12)Üç buçuk asır boyunca Kırım Hanlığı’na hükümdar veren Geray hanedanı mensupları XVI. yüzyıldan itibaren Osmanlı Devleti topraklarında yerleşmeye başlamışlardır. O kadar ki, XVIII. yüzyılda bu geniş hanedanın Osmanlı ... -
Wendt versus Pollock: Toward visual semiotics in the discipline of IR theory
(De Gruyter Mouton, 2020-11-19)We focus on a key IR Theory article by Alexander Wendt (1992) and two Jackson Pollock paintings. Our aim is to identify meanings Pollock’s art communicates and reveals for Wendt (1992). It derives from an appeal to visual ... -
Strategic Interaction of governments and terrorist groups in times of economic hardship
(Taylor & Francis, 2021-06-14)When governments’ ability to maintain power is threatened, they use any tool at their disposal to re-establish or boost their survival. In this paper, we theorize dyadic strategic choices and interactions between governments ... -
Women’s political participation in post-conflict settings : the case of timor-leste
(Routledge, 2021-09-22)Tackling gender gaps in political representation is a key pillar of peace building and development interventions in conflict-affected environments, which has been addressed using special measures (e.g., gender quotas and ... -
The dual transformation in development finance: western multilateral development banks and China in post-Soviet energy
(Routledge, 2021-09-27)The energy resources of Central Asia and the Caucasus have drawn significant scholarly attention due to their geopolitical importance and role in regional economic development. Western multilateral development banks (MDBs), ... -
Reputation building as a strategy for terror group survival
(Center for Foreign Policy and Peace Research, 2021-01-21)In this paper I investigate terror groups' survival. The fate of terrorists hinges heavily on the power the terror group derives from its reputation. The reputation, which depends on policies and actions the group takes ... -
Who is entitled to feel in the age of populism? women's resistance to migrant detention in Britain
(The Royal Institute of International Affairs, 2021-03-08)European states have adopted strict migration policies, such as unlimited detention in Britain, to address increasing anti-immigrant emotions in the context of rising anti-immigrant populism. These state practices prioritize ... -
Elite change and the inception, duration, and demise of the Turkish–Israeli alliance
(Oxford University Press, 2021-01-28)This article investigates the emergence and puzzling termination of the Turkish–Israeli alliance (1996–2011). While a litany of studies has offered changing material circumstances, the conservative agenda of Turkey's AKP ... -
The what, who and where of world politics? Two different conceptions of ‘the international’
(DergiPark, 2021-08-13)Limitations pertaining to the discipline of International Relations (IR) in its approach to the non-core parts of the world have been debated over the last several decades. This paper looks at the contributions of two ... -
‘You are not my type’: the role of identity in evaluating democracy & human rights promotion
(Sage Publications, 2022-02)In this article, we examine the impact of the democracy and human rights promotion efforts that are supposed to bolster positive attitudes among the public abroad and act as a tool to reach hearts and minds. Yet, we ... -
How not to globalise IR: ‘Centre’ and ‘periphery’ as constitutive of ‘the international’
(DergiPark, 2021-06-26)Scholars who adopted de-centring as a strategy for globalising IR have embraced the notions of ‘centre’ and ‘periphery’ to highlight structural inequalities between North America and Western Europe and the rest of the world ... -
Between ethnic group and nation: Mihail Çakir's history of the Gagauz
(Sage Publications, 2021-08)Following the 1918 annexation of Bessarabia to Romania, the Gagauz minority remained disconnected from centers of knowledge because of linguistic and institu tional barriers. In this context, Mihail Çakir, an Orthodox ... -
Praetorian army in action: a critical assessment of civil–military relations in Turkey
(Sage Publications, 2021-01)With four successful and three failed coups in less than 60 years, the Turkish military is one of the most interventionist armed forces in the global south. Despite this record, few scholars have analyzed systematically ... -
Comrades on elephants: Economic anti-imperialism, orientalism, and Soviet diplomacy in Afghanistan, 1921–23
(Slavica Publishers, 2021-03-12)
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