Seeing the Invisible: Change of State Identity and Economic Interest in Turkish-Arab Relations, 2002-2012

Compared to previous decades, we observe a dramatic increase in international trade between Turkey and the Middle East between 2002 and 2012. Turkish exports to the Middle East and FDI from Arab countries to Turkey have increased 13 and 4.5 times, respectively. What explains such changes? I argue th...

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Veröffentlicht in:	İbn Haldun çalışmaları dergisi (Online) 2022, Vol.7 (1), p.27-53
1. Verfasser:	Tüzgen, Abdullah Enes
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Constructivism Edebiyat Felsefe & Psikoloji & Sosyoloji Interest Conceptualization Kültür & Sanat Middle East Mimarlık ve Tasarım State Identity Tarih Turkish Foreign Policy
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Zusammenfassung:	Compared to previous decades, we observe a dramatic increase in international trade between Turkey and the Middle East between 2002 and 2012. Turkish exports to the Middle East and FDI from Arab countries to Turkey have increased 13 and 4.5 times, respectively. What explains such changes? I argue that the transformation in Turkish state identity resulted into a change in interest conceptualization. Since what the “Middle East” meant has changed with the new identity, previously "unseen" economic interests became visible.
ISSN:	2651-379X 2651-379X
DOI:	10.36657/ihcd.2022.87