NEAR EAST UNIVERSITYFACULTY OF ECONOMICS AND ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCES

DEPARTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

TURKISH FOREIGN POLICY I(IR 311)

THE OVERALL FRAMEWORK OF TURKISH FOREIGN POLICY *

I)Basic Factors Influencing Turkish Foreign Policy The cultural, Historical, Strategic and Domestic Dimensions

II) The Military, Political and Economic Background of Turkish Foreign Policy

A) Turkey as a Strategic Medium Power (SMP)1) Concepts of Hegemonic Power, Minor Power and SMP2) The Elements of an SMP3) Why does Turkey Belong in the Medium Power Category?

B) The Security Factor of Turkish Foreign Policy The Military, Economic and Political-Social Circles

D) The Political Economy of Turkish Foreign Policy Economic Models of Turkey from 1923 to the Present

* Source: Baskın Oran (ed.), Turkish Foreign Policy (1919-2006): Facts and Analyses with Documents, translated by Mustafa Akşin, Salt Lake City, The University of Utah Press, 2010.

THE OVERALL FRAMEWORK OF TURKISH FOREIGN POLICY III) The Guiding Principles of Turkish Foreign Policy A) Maintenance of the Status Quo1) Preserving Existing Frontiers2) Preserving Existing Balance

B) Modernization Methods and Aims

TURKISH FOREIGN POLICY BETWEEN 1919 AND 1923: THE TIME OF LIBERATION I) The International Environment and Dynamics Important International Developments and Internal Affairs/Problems of Major

Powers

II) The Domestic Environment and Dynamics Political, Economic and Social Structure of Anatolia

III) The Foreign Policy of the Ankara Government A) The Peace Treaty of Sèvres and its Regulations B) Relations with the West1) Relations with Great Britain2) Relations with France3) Relations with other Western States

TURKISH FOREIGN POLICY BETWEEN 1919 AND 1923: THE TIME OF LIBERATION C) Relations with the Soviet Unioni) Reasons of the Friendly Relations ii) Development of the Bilateral Relations and the Moscow Treaty of 1921

D) Relations with Greece 1) Greece’s Foreign Policy and the Megali Idea 2) The Turkish-Greek War in Anatolia (1919-1922)

THE PEACE TREATY OF LAUSANNE 1) Lausanne Peace Conferencea) Importance of the Conferenceb) The Participating States and their Positionsc) Turkish Delegation’s Positiond) Main Debates at the Conference2) Lausanne Peace Treatye) Political Clausesi) Frontiersii) Protection of Minoritiesiii) Importance of Lausanne Peace Treaty and Main Differences Between

Lausanne and Sèvres Peace Treaty

3) Other Main Documents Accepted at the Conferencea) The Convention Concerning the Exchange of Populationsb) The Straits Convention

TURKISH FOREIGN POLICY BETWEEN 1923 AND 1939

I) The International Environment and Dynamics

II) The Domestic Environment and Dynamics Political, Economic and Social Developments in Turkey

III) Foreign PolicyA) Relations with Western European Countries1)Relations with Great Briatina) The Question of Mosolb) Other Developments

2) Relations with France The Question of Hatay

TURKISH FOREIGN POLICY BETWEEN 1923 AND 1939

3) Relations with Italy “Revisionism against Status Quo”

4) Relations with Germanya) The Weimar Period (1923-1933)b) The Nazi Period (1933-1939)

b) Relations with the USSR The Treaty of Friendship and Neutrality of 1925 Other Documents

TURKISH FOREIGN POLICY BETWEEN 1923 AND 1939

c) Relations with Greece Main Problems Between Greece and Turkey- Islands of the Northern Agean Sea- The Exchange of Populations- The Question of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Phanar- 1930 Agreements and the Period of Friendship

d) Relations with the Middle East Iran and the Sadabad Pact

e) Turkish Straits and the Montreux Straits Convention

TURKISH FOREIGN POLICY BETWEEN 1939 AND 19451) The International Environment and Dynamics

2) The Domestic Environment and Dynamics Political, Economic and Social Structure of Turkey

3) World War Two and Turkish Foreign Policy