Browsing Siyasal Bilgiler Fakültesi by Author "Balcı, Ali"

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Foreign Policy: The Analysis of the Sovereignty Myth as a New Contextualization

Balcı, Ali (ULUSLARARASI ILISKILER KONSEYI DERNEGI, 2011)

In this article, I argue that the term 'foreign policy' is not an innocent concept because it legitimizes the so-called distinction between domestic and foreign policies and therefore provides a strong case for the ...
Inter-societal security trilemma in Turkey: understanding the failure of the 2009 Kurdish Opening

Kardaş, Tuncay; Balcı, Ali (ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD, 2016)

This article examines the inter-societal security trilemma among political Islamists, Kurdish actors, and the state in Turkey with a special reference to the failures in the Kurdish Opening that was initiated in 2009. While ...
Poverty of Criticism: Reading The July 15 Coup Attempt FromThe West

Balcı, Ali; Turan, Yıldırım (AHMET YESEVI UNIV, 2017)

This study is about how the failed 15 July 2016 coup in Turkey is represented in the West. Given the fact that a distorted representation reigned in the Western media, this study primarily asks why the Left and the Right ...
The Kurdish movement's EU policy in Turkey: An analysis of a dissident ethnic bloc's foreign policy

Balcı, Ali (SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD, 2015)

This study aims to address a historical paradox: how can we understand the Kurdish movement's EU policy in the two decades subsequent to the end of the Cold War? I argue that the Kurdish movement has pursued two different ...
The Mobilization of Political Islam in Turkey

Balcı, Ali (ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD, 2013)

The Mobilization of Political Islam in Turkey is part of a growing literature on political Islam in Turkey after the 2002 election victory of the Justice and Development Party (the JDP) followed by the increase of its ...
Turkey and the West: Fault Lines in a Troubled Alliance

Balcı, Ali (SETA FOUNDATION, 2018)

Turkey: A necessary ally in a troubled region The new U.S. president taking office in January 2017 will face daunting challenges to the international liberal order, ranging from a fragile European Union rocked by Great ...
Turkey in the discourse of European far right: the uses and abuses of Turkey's membership process for a counter-hegemony

Balcı, Ali; Cicioğlu, Filiz (ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD, 2019)

This paper primarily aims to illustrate the role of discourse on Turkey and its EU membership process in European far right's bid for power. By challenging core values of the EU through anti-Turkey discourse, the far right ...
Turkey's Role in the Alliance of Civilizations: A New Perspective in Turkish Foreign Policy?

Balcı, Ali; Miş, Nebi (ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD, 2008)

Since its foundation, Turkey's foreign policymakers have declined to undertake any pioneering roles in global initiatives, such as assuming the position of the spokesperson of the Islamic world, on international platforms. ...
Turkey's Role in the Alliance of Civilizations: A New Perspective in Turkish Foreign Policy?

Balcı, Ali; Miş, Nebi (ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD, 2008)

Since its foundation, Turkey's foreign policymakers have declined to undertake any pioneering roles in global initiatives, such as assuming the position of the spokesperson of the Islamic world, on international platforms. ...