Eyrice Tepeciklioğlu, Elem. Turkish Foreign Policy on Africa: The Fundamental Dynamics, Opportunities and Challenges. Ankara: Nobel, 2019

Year 2021, , 116 - 119, 30.06.2021

Medine Derya Canpolat

https://doi.org/10.38154/cjas.12

Abstract

The book contains an introduction, five chapters, and a conclusion. The Introduction defines the aim, topic, and chapters of the book. The first chapter evaluates the Turkish-African relationship prior to Turkey’s development of an initiative policy towards Africa. In this chapter, the author deals with the Ottoman presence in Africa, the decolonization of Africa, and the main rationale behind Turkey’s initiative policy towards Africa. The second chapter investigates Turkey’s political relations with African countries and areas of military cooperation, and touches on Turkey’s contribution to sustainable peace on the continent, referring to Somalia, Turkey’s bilateral relations with the continental countries, and its membership of regional organizations.

Keywords

Turkish foreign policy, Nobel, Eyrice Tepeciklioğlu, Elem

Eyrice Tepeciklioğlu, Elem. Turkish Foreign Policy on Africa: The Fundamental Dynamics, Opportunities and Challenges. Ankara: Nobel, 2019

Abstract

The book contains an introduction, five chapters, and a conclusion. The Introduction defines the aim, topic, and chapters of the book. The first chapter evaluates the Turkish-African relationship prior to Turkey’s development of an initiative policy towards Africa. In this chapter, the author deals with the Ottoman presence in Africa, the decolonization of Africa, and the main rationale behind Turkey’s initiative policy towards Africa. The second chapter investigates Turkey’s political relations with African countries and areas of military cooperation, and touches on Turkey’s contribution to sustainable peace on the continent, referring to Somalia, Turkey’s bilateral relations with the continental countries, and its membership of regional organizations. The third chapter details Turkey’s economic relationship with African countries and the investments of Turkish firms on the continent.

Keywords

Türk dış politikası, Nobel, Eyrice Tepeciklioğlu, Elem