Introduction: Contextualizing Turkey's Africa policy / Elem Eyrice Tepeciklioğlu and Ali Onur Tepeciklioğlu -- Part 1. Historical, Theoretical and Political Foundations of Turkey-Africa Relations. Theorizing Turkey's Africa policy: Turkey as a rising power -- Ottoman Empire and Africa at the age of colonial expansion: Appreciating the loyalty of African Muslims, debating the colonial rupture -- Turkey-Africa relations: A retrospective analysis -- Turkey's diplomatic charm offensive in Sub-Saharan Africa: Is Ankara winning the hearts and minds of Africans? -- Being "Southern" without being of the Global South. The strange case of Turkey South-South cooperation in Africa -- Part 2. Turkey's Soft Power (Investment) in Africa. "The Voice of The Voiceless": Turkey's public diplomacy in Africa -- An overview of Turkey's development assistance in Africa in the 2000s: Hybrid humanitarianism in the post-liberal era -- Turkey's religious diplomacy in Africa -- Turkish Airlines as a source of Turkey's soft power in Africa -- Part 3. Economic Relations and Military Strategies. The political economy of Turkey-Africa relations -- Interplay between identity and trade in Turkey-Africa relations -- Turkey's military strategy in Africa -- Turkey and UNPKO in Africa: Reluctant multilateralism -- Conclusion: Turkey, just another emerging power in Africa?
Summary:
"This book offers a comprehensive and multi-disciplinary analysis of Turkey-Africa relations. Bringing together renowned authors to discuss various dimensions of Turkey's African engagement while casting a critical analysis on the sustainability of Turkey-Africa relations, this book draws upon the rising power literature to examine how Turkish foreign policy has been conceptualized and situated theoretically. Moving from an examination of the multilateral dimension of Turkey's Africa policy with a focus on soft power instruments of public diplomacy, humanitarian/development assistance, religious activities and airline diplomacy, it then illuminates the economic and military dimensions of Turkey's policy including trade relations, business practices, security cooperation and peacekeeping discourse. Overall, it shows how Turkey's African opening can be integrated into its wider interest in gaining global power status and its desire to become a strong regional power. This book will be of key interest to scholars and students of Turkish foreign policy/politics, African politics, and more broadly to international relations"-- Provided by publisher.
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Routledge Studies on the European Union and global order
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