Turkey's naval activism : maritime geopolitics and the blue homeland concept / Serhat Süha Çubukçuoğlu.
This book explores the significance of Turkey's Blue Homeland (Mavi Vatan) naval concept, which defines its maritime rights and interests in the surrounding seas -- Aegean Sea, Black Sea, and the Mediterranean. The concept has a powerful socialized definition and a popular appeal across the pol...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Cham :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2023.
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| Series: | Palgrave studies in maritime politics and security
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| Online Access: | Springer eBooks |
| Summary: | This book explores the significance of Turkey's Blue Homeland (Mavi Vatan) naval concept, which defines its maritime rights and interests in the surrounding seas -- Aegean Sea, Black Sea, and the Mediterranean. The concept has a powerful socialized definition and a popular appeal across the political spectrum in Turkey with important implications for security in the wider Middle East. The book investigates the impact of geopolitics and domestic-political factors on the concept and uncovers motivations behind its trajectory since 2004 with a particular focus on the last several years, the period when Turkey's naval assertiveness reached its peak following the failed coup attempt in 2016. Based on in-depth interviews with diplomats, naval officers, academics, and researchers in the field, the book takes the reader through a journey on how the Turkish government has reinforced an activist policy since 2016 due to pressures of regional insecurity, domestic coalition logrolling, and nationalist sentiment. Serhat Süha Çubukçuoğlu is a geopolitical strategist working at the intersection of policymaking, research, and media. He is currently a Senior Fellow in Strategic Studies at TRENDS Research and Advisory in Abu Dhabi, UAE, as well as an advisory board member at Koç University's Maritime Forum in Istanbul, Turkey. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvi, 306 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9783031372049 3031372042 |
| ISSN: | 2730-7980 |