| ID | 126677 |
| Title Proper | Assessing Turkey's normative power in the Middle East and North Africa region |
| Other Title Information | new dynamics and their limitations |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Dal, Emel Parlar |
| Publication | 2013. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | In this study, the extent to which Turkey has been pursuing a normative foreign policy (NFP) toward the Arab revolts will be analyzed on the basis of Nathalie Tocci's description of a NFP actor, built on the following three conceptual tools: normative goals, normative means and normative results or impact. With a special emphasis on the conditioning factors that impacted Turkey's pursuit of an NFP, this paper also investigates the limitations and effectiveness of Turkey as an NFP actor in Middle East and North Africa (MENA) in order to understand if Turkey's role in the changing MENA region has gone beyond rhetoric to become empirically justified. It concludes that despite increasing normative representations and rhetoric in its foreign policy, Turkey does not currently possess a cohesive and ambitious NFP agenda and, thus, is still far from being a normative power. |
| `In' analytical Note | Turkish Studies Vol. 14, No.4; Dec 2013: p.709-734 |
| Journal Source | Turkish Studies Vol. 14, No.4; Dec 2013: p.709-734 |
| Key Words | Turkey ; Normative Foreign Policy ; Arab Revolts ; Middle East and North Africa (MENA) ; Foreign Policy |