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Conclusions: Pragmatic Adaptation as Turkey’s Grand Strategy

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One Hundred Years of Turkish Foreign Policy (1923-2023)

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This chapter provides a detailed discussion of the main findings that emerge from the volume’s empirical chapters and calls for pragmatic adaptation as Turkey’s new grand strategy. More specifically, it argues that (1) Turkey should maintain a good balance between its global goals and economic, political and military capabilities, (2) as a middle power where democratic backsliding has become a major concern, Turkey must change course domestically to allow for democratic reforms and internationally by enhancing solidarity with other democratic middle powers and act in defense of democracy, and (3) Turkey must return to using diplomatic tools and pursue both flexible and focused multilateral efforts to resolve conflicts, engage in initiatives on climate change, socio-economic development and technological advancements, and actively participate in bringing positive change to the lives of refugees in its surrounding regions and worldwide. The chapter concludes that the centennial birthday of the Republic represents a constitutive moment for Turkey’s future.

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  1. Department of Political Science, Hamline University, Saint Paul, MN, USA

    Binnur Özkeçeci-Taner

  2. Department of International Relations, Kadir Has University, I˙stanbul, Turkey

    Sinem Akgül Açıkmeşe

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Özkeçeci-Taner, B., Akgül Açıkmeşe, S. (2023). Conclusions: Pragmatic Adaptation as Turkey’s Grand Strategy. In: Özkeçeci-Taner, B., Akgül Açıkmeşe, S. (eds) One Hundred Years of Turkish Foreign Policy (1923-2023). Global Foreign Policy Studies. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-35859-3_11

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