Turkey in world affairs. Post Cold War era.

1. SUBJECT: FOREIGN POLICY OF TURKEY
STUDENT: ATYROV TEMIRLAN (INT-5)
LECTURER: IBRAHIM KONCAK

2. 1993-2003 Post Cold War Era
US-Turkey integration
Turkey in world affairs

3.  What are the main aspects affect to define foreign
policy of the Turkey?

4. Two main aspects of identity
 Regional identity
-Geographical location of the Turkey
 Muslim population and the secular state
-Internal issue`s influence to foreign policy

6.  The fall of the Berlin Wall, changing of the communist
regime in the East and Central Europe, disintegration
of the Soviet Union changed the Turkey foreign policy
-New opportunities
-New challenges

7. Challenges and opportunities
 Close ties with the West
 Helsinki Summit 1999
 Gulf War
 Kurdish challenges

8. US-Turkey
integration
“A new era”
Turgut Ozal

9.  Clinton administration stressed the importance of the
Turkey as ‘a democratic bridge between the East and
West, between Islamic and non-Islamic world
 Bill Clinton`s visit in November 1999 was the
culmination in increasing co-operation between two
countries in several issues and regions. Clinton
officially declared Turkey as a US`s strategic partner

10.  Turkey became first Muslim nation to express definite
support for the US`s war in Afghanistan
 Military contingent against Saddam Hussein`s regime
in Iraq, search of the PKK

11. Conclusion
After a period of close co-operation Turkey`s relation
with the US entered into a new era of uncertainty . The
future development of these relations to a large extent
seemed to depend on a complex matrix of variables,
especially on the developments in the Middle East.
This means regional location of the Turkey define its
foreign policy.