Regional directions of national role conceptions : Turkey's foreign policy in its neighborhood

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buir.advisorÖzdamar, İbrahim Özgür
dc.contributor.authorSula, İsmail Erkam
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-31T13:35:43Z
dc.date.available2017-05-31T13:35:43Z
dc.date.copyright2017-05
dc.date.issued2017-05
dc.date.submitted2017-05-30
dc.departmentDepartment of International Relationsen_US
dc.descriptionCataloged from PDF version of article.en_US
dc.descriptionThesis (Ph.D.): Bilkent University, Department of International Relations, İhsan Doğramacı Bilkent University, 2017.en_US
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (leaves 336-343).en_US
dc.description.abstractThis study analyzes Turkey's foreign policy (TFP) through utilizing two foreign policy analysis (FPA) tools: Role Theory and Event Data. Role theory claims that foreign policy conduct is an attempt to perform the role conceptions that decision-makers formulate. The literature mainly focuses on the sources of role conceptions. However, most of the existing studies do not comprehensively incorporate foreign policy practices in their analyses. This study argues that such a stance hinders the explanatory power of role theory and creates a need to develop a systematic focus on states‟ foreign policy practices. Therefore, it utilizes event data analysis, which reviews international news reports to collect data on the actual foreign policy practices of states. Combining event data and role theory, this study observes and measures the parallelism between TFP words and deeds. It collects data by utilizing two methods: hand-coded content analysis and computer-assisted event data analysis. By doing so, it builds the Turkey‟s Foreign Policy Roles and Events Dataset (TFPRED) which analyzes TFP in five regions: Balkans, Caucasus, Middle East, Sub-Saharan Africa, and the Euro-Atlantic. This dataset makes it possible to observe the relationship between decision-makers‟ vision and the country‟s foreign policy practices. It presents proofs on the validity of its two main claims: 1) There are region-specific differences in Turkey‟s national role conceptions towards its neighborhood and 2) All role conceptions (words) do not turn into practice (deeds) in foreign policy.en_US
dc.description.degreePh.D.en_US
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityby İsmail Erkam Sula.en_US
dc.embargo.release2019-05-16
dc.format.extentxx, 379 leaves : charts ; 30 cmen_US
dc.identifier.itemidB155678
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11693/33145
dc.language.isoEnglishen_US
dc.publisherBilkent Universityen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.subjectEvent Data Analysisen_US
dc.subjectForeign Policy Analysisen_US
dc.subjectJDP Era (2002-2014)en_US
dc.subjectRole Theoryen_US
dc.subjectTurkeyen_US
dc.titleRegional directions of national role conceptions : Turkey's foreign policy in its neighborhooden_US
dc.title.alternativeUlusal rol tasavvurlarının bölgesel yönelimleri : Türkiye'nin komşu bölgelerdeki dış politikasıen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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