Author
Al-Surour, Abeer Aqeel Muhammad, Al-Shadouh, Imad Mustafa Ali
Publication Place
Beirut, Lebanon -
College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Type
Book
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Library
Royal Danish Library
Library Asset ID
ISSN: 2708-5414, EISSN: 2415-4822
Record ID
cdi_emarefa_primary_1456831
Library Location
DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals
Notes
The research aimed to identify the Turkish regional role in the Arab region: between Kemalism and neo-Ottomanism. The research paper is based on a basic hypothesis, which is that Turkey's Ottoman heritage and geostrategic location qualify it to pay attention to regional developments, keep it away from any form of security threat to its lands on the one hand, and bring it many economic benefits, whether within the framework of its trade relations, or through the transit of energy resources through its lands on the other hand, and this location gives it a wider scope for movement and the search for regional and international influence on the third hand. In this context, broad trends in some Turkish literature considered that the Arab Spring revolutions and the events that followed would contribute to strengthening Turkey’s ability to put the “neo-Ottoman” strategy into practice, in expanding towards the Arab region, so that Turkey would integrate more and deeply with the Arab countries that were subject to the control and influence of the Ottoman Empire. According to this perception of Turkey's role in the region, the Turkish leadership focuses in its foreign policy on strengthening the sources of its soft power by maximizing its political, economic, diplomatic and cultural influence, especially in the regions that were historically subordinate to the Ottoman Empire, out of the belief that Turkey represents a major regional power, while trying to inaugurate a new Ottoman Empire in those regions, while seeking to establish an Islamic legal system in modern Türkiye. The aim of this study is to identify the Turkish Regional Role in Arab Region: between perfectionism and new Ottoman. The main hypothesis of this research paper is based on that the legacy of Ottoman Turkey and its geostrategic location that qualifies it for interesting in regional developments and away from it any form of security threat to its lands on the one hand and it brings with it many economic benefits both in the framework of its commercial relations or by crossing energy resources through its territory on the other hand, and its location gives it a wider field of movement and the search for regional and international influence on the third hand. Within this framework, it is considered broad trends in some Turkish literature that the Arab Spring revolutions and the consequential events contribute to the strengthening of Turkey's ability to put into practice the “New Ottoman” strategy, to expand towards the Arab region, so that Turkey integrates more and more deeply with the Arab countries that were under the control and influence of the Ottoman Empire. According to this scenario for the Turkey‟s role in the region, the Turkish leadership focuses in its foreign policy on strengthening its soft power by maximizing its political, economic, diplomatic and cultural influence especially in areas that were historically dependent on the Ottoman Empire, based on the belief that Turkey represents a major regional power, with the attempt to inaugurate a new Ottoman empire in these areas, with the aim of establishing an Islamic legal system in modern Turkey.
Görüntüle
al-Majallah al-duwalīyah lil-ʻulūm al-insānīyah wa-al-ijtimāʻīyah, 2020, Vol.2020 (11), p.153-169
