Turkey and the Liberal International Order

Hegemony, Contestation and the Politics of Articulation since 1919

This book examines Turkeys increasingly unstable position in the liberal international order and its complicated relationship with the West.

Turkey has always had a complicated relationship with the West and the Liberal International Order, owing to its geographic and historical position that straddles geographic divides.

This book explores Turkeys relationship with the Liberal International Order and its economic, security and political ties. While Turkeys position within the Liberal International Order has always been challenged internally and externally, events in recent years have resulted in further questioning of its position. This book provides a long-term view of Turkeys relation to liberal internationalism, demonstrating how the republic emerged simultaneously with the emergence of the first post-First World War version of liberal international order. It demonstrates both the challenges and the opportunities that Turkeys position within and outside liberal internationalism poses to the future of such forms of liberal internationalism. Crucially, it demonstrates how Turkeys foreign policy stances are and will likely continue to be closely linked to political developments within the country.