DENGELEME DAVRANIŞI OLARAK FIRAT KALKANI OPERASYONU: NEOKLASİK REALİST BAKIŞ

Year 2016, Volume: 4 Issue: 2, 84 - 112, 22.07.2017

Fatih Bayezit

https://doi.org/10.16954/yalovabaccd.289281

Cited By: 3

Abstract

Özet

Suriye iç savaşı bölgede güç boşlukları
doğmasına neden olmuş, bu durum iki aktörün ortaya çıkmasında ve güç
kazanmasında etkili olmuştur. Bunlardan PYD/YPG’nin Rojava, DAEŞ’in ise İslam
Devleti adında tek taraflı egemenlik iddiasında bulunması, o zamana dek
Suriye’de sadece Esad rejimini tehdit olarak gören Türkiye açısından Suriye
kaynaklı tehditleri arttırmıştır. Fırat Kalkanı Operasyonunun nedenlerini
neo-klasik realist bir perspektiften arayan çalışmada bu tehditler, hükümet
istikrarı, seçkin konsensüsü ve sosyal bütünlük gibi ara değişkenler etrafında
analiz edilmiştir. Suriye kaynaklı tehditlerin Türkiye’nin siyasi seçkinleri ile
Türk kamuoyundaki algısının benzer şekilde olduğu görülmüştür. Bu çalışma,
Fırat Kalkanı Operasyonunun gerekçelerinin Suriye’deki güç dengesizliklerinin
ortaya çıkardığı tehditler ve Batı ile yaşanan güven bunalımı olduğunu ortaya
koymaktadır.

Anahtar Kelimeler: Fırat Kalkanı Operasyonu, Suriye, PYD,
DAEŞ, Rojava

 

Abstract

The Syrian civil war has caused power
gaps in the region. This has been influential in the emergence of two actors
and their empowerment. Decleration of unilateral sovereignty by PYD/ YPG in the
name of Rojava and DAESH in the name of Islamic State has increased the threats
originating from Syria towards Turkey, which regarded only Assad regime as a
threat in Syria until then. In this article the causes of Operation Euphrates
Shield are put forward from a neo-classical realist perspective, through which
threats were analyzed around intermediate variables such as government
stability, elite consensus and social cohesion. It is seen that the threats
originating from Syria are similar to the perception of the political elites of
Turkey and of Turkish public. This study reveals the reasons for the Operation
Euphrates Shield are the threats of power imbalances in Syria and the crisis of
confidence with the West.

Key Words: Operation Euphrates Shield, Syria,  PYD, DAESH, Rojava

 

Keywords

Fırat Kalkanı Operasyonu, Suriye, PYD, DAEŞ

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