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Turkey’s “Opening up to Africa”: From Idea to Full-Fledged Policy

Türkiye’nin “Afrika Açılımı”: Düşünceden Olgunlaşmış Politikaya

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173–179
Publication Date
2022-10-11
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The successful emergence of the post-2000African policy is in part based on these attempts but also on the strategies adopted by policyentrepreneurs to get support for the opening.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Turkey’s relations with Sub-Saharan African countries have developed substantially since the 2000s.Existing research has focused on the motivations for this policy and analyzed it from political,economic and cultural aspects.
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Key Findings & Data:An opening towards African countries have come to the agenda inTurkey several times before the 2000s but these attempts either did not turn into full-fledged policiesor were abandoned after a change of government.
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Conclusion & Impact:The successful emergence of the post-2000African policy is in part based on these attempts but also on the strategies adopted by policyentrepreneurs to get support for the opening.
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Abstract

Turkey’s relations with Sub-Saharan African countries have developed substantially since the 2000s.Existing research has focused on the motivations for this policy and analyzed it from political,economic and cultural aspects. This article seeks to contribute to this literature by focusing on theemergence phase of this policy. An opening towards African countries have come to the agenda inTurkey several times before the 2000s but these attempts either did not turn into full-fledged policiesor were abandoned after a change of government. The successful emergence of the post-2000African policy is in part based on these attempts but also on the strategies adopted by policyentrepreneurs to get support for the opening.

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Türkiye’nin Sahra altı ülkelerle ilişkileri 2000’li yıllardan itibaren önemli ilerleme kaydetmiştir. Var olan çalışmalar bu politikanın ardındaki motivasyonlara odaklanmış ve meselenin siyasal, ekonomik ve kültürel boyutlarını analiz etmişlerdir. Bu makale ise politikanın oluşum sürecine odaklanarak yazına katkıda bulunmayı amaçlamaktadır. Türkiye’de Afrika ülkelerine yönelik bir açılım 2000’lerden önce gündeme gelmiş olsa da bu çabalar ya tam anlamıyla bir politikaya dönüşmemiş ya da hükümet değişikliği nedeniyle terk edilmiştir. 2000 sonrası Afrika politikasının başarılı bir şekilde ortaya çıkması kısmen bu çabalara ve siyasa girişimcilerinin destek alabilmek için benimsedikleri stratejilere bağlı olmuştur.

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BAHÇECİK, Ş. O. (2022). Turkey’s “Opening up to Africa”: From Idea to Full-Fledged Policy. Anemon Muş Alparslan Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, Cilt: 9 - Sayı: Toplum & Siyaset, 173–179. https://ajindex.com/articles/439701

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