Abstract
Dissertations are among the most important elements of academic production, along with scientific research articles and books. They not only reveal an academic’s field of research, but also provide clues as to what research methods and tools scholars will employ in postdoctoral studies. Moreover, and crucial to this paper, they are important indicators of the trajectory of research fields, as well as their general roles in the academic world. This study aims to reveal general trends/indicators in Turkish International Relations (hereafter IR) dissertations through an analysis of IR dissertations written in various Turkish universities between 2000 and 2020. There is a rather widespread claim among IR academics in Turkey that this particular community largely contributes to the Western-oriented discipline of IR as local or regional experts, dealing mainly with Turkish foreign policy and regional problems rather than with theoretical concerns in IR. A further aim of this study is to test whether this claim remains valid with the analysis of recent IR dissertations produced in Turkish universities.
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| Primary Language | English |
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| Subjects | International Relations |
| Journal Section | Articles |
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| Publication Date | January 20, 2023 |
| Published in Issue | Year 2023 Volume: 12 Issue: 1 |
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All Azimuth: A Journal of Foreign Policy and Peace
https://doi.org/10.20991/allazimuth.1310640
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