Rethinking of Turkey’s Geopolitics together with Eastern Mediterranean : Turkish Perspective

• Autorzy: Arıboğan Deniz Ülke , Arslan İbrahim

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DOI

10.5604/01.3001.0015.0340

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

In the studies carried out within the scope of geopolitical discipline, the expression “geography is destiny” is frequently used and it is claimed that geography has unchangeable, irreversible qualities and the policies implemented are shaped through this assumption. This assumption ignores the humanitarian interventions over the geography and makes it difficult to understand the results produced by these interventions at both regional and global level. Similarly, the dynamic nature of international relations reveals new actors in the international system in times of bounce and collapse, and the borders that expand or narrow with each transformation can differentiate the geopolitical view with new sovereign countries. In the historical process, transportation accessibility, trade, search for raw materials, security and alliance relations have caused the same geography to be interpreted differently in different periods. This situation also applies to the geography of Turkey had been the homeland of empires. The developments in the Middle East over the past two decades has created a sensitivity in the relations between Turkey and the West, especially the United States. Competing interests with the EU and the US in the Middle East and the Eastern Mediterranean, has necessitated a reassessment of Turkey’s geography.

PL

Na gruncie nauki o geopolityce często wskazuje się, że geografia jest przeznaczeniem i że charakteryzuje się niezmiennymi cechami. Takie założenie wpływa na kształt i prowadzenie polityki, ignoruje humanitarne interwencje i sprawia, że trudniej jest zrozumieć skutki owych interwencji zarówno na poziomie regionalnym, jak i globalnym. Dynamiczny charakter relacji międzynarodowych sprzyja pojawianiu się nowych aktorów na arenie międzynarodowej, zwłaszcza w okresach koniunktury i dekoniunktury, w wyniku transformacji może dochodzić do zmiany granic, a w związku z tym do zróżnicowania geopolitycznego, powstania nowych suwerennych państw. Z perspektywy procesu historycznego - dostępności transportu, handlu, poszukiwania nowych surowców, a także relacji sojuszniczych czy w dziedzinie bezpieczeństwa - można stwierdzić, że sama interpretacja geografii bywa różna w zależności od okresu rozwojowego. Przykładem - geografia Turcji, ojczyzny wielu imperiów. Rozwój wydarzeń na Bliskim Wschodzie w ostatnich dwóch dekadach spowodował, że relacje między Turcją a Zachodem, szczególnie zaś Stanami Zjednoczonymi, zostały nadszarpnięte. Konkurencyjność interesów z Unią Europejską i Stanami Zjednoczonymi na Bliskim Wschodzie oraz we wschodniej części Morza Śródziemnego zmusza do ponownej oceny geografii Turcji.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

geopolitics; Turkey; Eastern Mediterranean; Cyprus; delimitation of maritime jurisdiction areas

PL

geopolityka; Turcja; Morze Śródziemne; wschodnia część Morza Śródziemnego; Cypr; delimitacja obszarów morskich

• Wydawca: Wojskowy Instytut Wydawniczy
• Czasopismo: Kwartalnik Bellona
• Rocznik: 2021
• Tom: Nr 2
• Strony: 45--66
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 53 poz., il.

Twórcy

autor

Arıboğan Deniz Ülke

• Üsküdar University, Istanbul, Turkey

• https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9397-1241

autor

Arslan İbrahim

• Üsküdar University, Istanbul, Turkey

• https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5606-5610

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