The metamorphosis of metaphors of vision: "bridging" Turkey's location, role and identity after the end of the cold war

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dc.citation.epage549en_US
dc.citation.issueNumber3en_US
dc.citation.spage531en_US
dc.citation.volumeNumber14en_US
dc.contributor.authorYanık, L. K.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2016-02-08T10:03:45Z
dc.date.available2016-02-08T10:03:45Z
dc.date.issued2009en_US
dc.departmentDepartment of Political Science and Public Administrationen_US
dc.description.abstractDuring the Cold War, "buffer" or "bastion" seemed a popular metaphor to describe Turkey. After the Cold War, "bridge," (and, to some extent, the "crossroad") metaphor started to dominate the Turkish foreign policy Di{dotless}scourse. This article traces the use of "bridge" metaphor in this Di{dotless}scourse in the post-Cold War period by the Turkish foreign policy elite. It develops two arguments. First, the word bridge is a "metaphor of vision" combining Turkey's perceived geographical exceptionalism with an identity and a role at the international level. As a "metaphor of vision," the employment of the word "bridge" highlighted Turkey's liminality and justified some of its foreign policy actions to Eurasia and then to the Middle East. Second, because the bridge metaphor was used in different context to justify different foreign policy choices, its meaning has changed, illustrating that metaphors are not static constructs. It concludes by Sayi{dotless}ng that the continuous use of "bridge" metaphor might reinforce Turkey's "liminality," placing Turkey in a less classifiable category than the regular "othering" practices. © Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/14650040802693515en_US
dc.identifier.eissn1557-3028
dc.identifier.issn1465-0045
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11693/22711
dc.language.isoEnglishen_US
dc.relation.isversionofhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14650040802693515en_US
dc.source.titleGeopoliticsen_US
dc.subjectEthnopoliticsen_US
dc.subjectForeign policyen_US
dc.subjectNational identityen_US
dc.subjectPolitical discourseen_US
dc.subjectPolitical geographyen_US
dc.subjectWaren_US
dc.subjectAsiaen_US
dc.subjectEurasiaen_US
dc.subjectMiddle Easten_US
dc.subjectTurkeyen_US
dc.titleThe metamorphosis of metaphors of vision: "bridging" Turkey's location, role and identity after the end of the cold waren_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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