TURKISH-RUSSIAN RELATIONS FROM THE COLD WAR TO 2002 AS THE BEGINNING OF CURRENT RELATIONS

Year 2024, Volume: 11 Issue: 24, 120 - 140, 27.04.2024

Burak Şakir Şeker

https://doi.org/10.58884/akademik-hassasiyetler.1352174

Abstract

In this study, Turkish-Russian relations in the Cold War period and the Post-Cold War time till 2002 are discussed. Since 2002 is accepted as the beginning of current relations and a breakthrough year in relations, a separate analysis is required for the next period. It is seen that the relations between Türkiye and Russia were tense between the years 1945-1965, and then went through a soft period until the end of the Cold War period. It is clearly understood that Turkish-Russian relations gained a new dimension after the collapse of the USSR. Economic-commercial relations constituted the most important area of this period, in which competition also predominated. In the first part of this study, the historical development of Turkish-Soviet relations in the Cold War period is tried to be discussed. Economic and commercial relations assumed the locomotive role in the cooperation between the two countries, giving a different quality to the political, military and security issues and relations with third countries. In the second part, the new era for the affairs is analyzed and, in this regard, it should be noted that the leaders of the two countries have made great efforts since the beginning of the 1990s. In these years, many strategic projects were signed and implemented in the context of bilateral relations. It is obvious that the relations between the two countries reached a strategic dimension in areas such as economic-commercial and energy. It is also analyzed that the momentum gained in Turkish-Russian relations and the good level of relations also served regional stability and common interests. Finally, it may be assumed that the years examined by this paper is also a period that helped to create strong relations between two countries in the 21st century.

Keywords

Türkiye, USSR, Cold War, Russian Federation, Political History

SOĞUK SAVAŞ'TAN GÜNCEL İLİŞKİLERİN BAŞLANGICI OLARAK 2002 YILINA KADAR TÜRK-RUS İLİŞKİLERİ

Abstract

Bu çalışmada Soğuk Savaş ve sonrası dönemde 2002 yılına kadarki Türk-Rus ilişkileri ele alınmaktadır. 2002 yılı, güncel ilişkilerin başlangıcı ve ilişkilerde bir atılım yılı olarak kabul edildiğinden sonraki dönem için ayrı bir analiz gerekmektedir.1945-1965 yılları arasında Türkiye ile Rusya arasındaki ilişkilerin gergin olduğu, ardından Soğuk Savaş döneminin sonuna kadar yumuşak bir dönem geçirdiği görülmektedir. SSCB'nin dağılmasından sonra Türk-Rus ilişkilerinin yeni bir boyut kazandığı açıkça anlaşılmaktadır. Rekabetin de hâkim olduğu bu dönemin en önemli alanını ekonomik-ticari ilişkiler oluşturmaktadır. Bu çalışmanın birinci bölümünde Soğuk Savaş ve sonrası dönemde Türk-Sovyet ilişkilerinin tarihsel gelişimi ele alınmaya çalışılmıştır. Ekonomik ve ticari ilişkiler, iki ülke arasındaki işbirliğinde lokomotif rolü üstlenmiş, siyasi, askeri ve güvenlik konularına ve üçüncü ülkelerle ilişkilere farklı bir nitelik kazandırmıştır. İkinci bölümde ise ilişkilerde yeni dönem analiz edilmekte olup, bu konuda iki ülke liderlerinin 1990'lı yılların başından bu yana büyük çaba sarf ettiğini belirtmek gerekir. Bu yıllarda ikili ilişkiler bağlamında birçok stratejik projeye imza atılmış ve hayata geçirilmiştir. İki ülke ilişkilerinin ekonomik-ticari ve enerji gibi alanlarda stratejik bir boyuta ulaştığı aşikardır. Türk-Rus ilişkilerinde kazanılan ivmenin ve iyi düzeydeki ilişkilerin bölgesel istikrara ve ortak çıkarlara da hizmet ettiği analiz edilmektedir. Son olarak bu yazının incelediği yılların aynı zamanda 21. yüzyılda iki ülke arasında güçlü ilişkilerin oluşmasına yardımcı olan bir dönem olduğu varsayılabilir.

Keywords

Türkiye, SSCB, Soğuk Savaş, Rusya Federasyonu, Siyasi Tarih

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