The Political Economy of Turkish Foreign Aid

Korkmaz, Abdurrahman; Zengin, Hüseyin

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-27632-4_6

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“…Both religion and Ottoman membership are significant in LSDV. This is in line with previous studies such as Korkmaz and Zengin (2020), which explained that Ottomanism plays a crucial role in Turkey's foreign aid distribution.…”

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“…Most studies on developmental aid conducted in the Turkish context have focused on foreign aid's political implications and drivers. For instance, Güngör (2021), Korkmaz and Zengin (2020), and Mehmetcik and Pekel (2020) showed that Turkish foreign assistance is primarily determined by historical linkages, foreign policy goals, religious solidarity, and, most crucially, economic interest.…”

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Empirical analysis of the impact of Turkish bilateral official development assistance on export

Hassan

Dil

2023

Econ. J. Emerg. Mark.

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Purpose ― The main objective of this study is to explore the relationship between bilateral official development assistance and the export of Turkey to 18 Turkish aid recipient countries between 1998 and 2019. Methods ― The study employs the gravity model of international trade to capture the effect of official development assistance on Turkish export to its aid recipient countries and utilizes Panel data econometric analysis. Findings ― The official development assistance (ODA) remains statistically significant across the models, indicating that ODA is one of the significant drivers of Turkish bilateral trade with the aid recipient countries. Implications ― The study argues that Turkey applied ODA as a foreign policy tool to access new markets in the Middle East, Balkans, Africa, and Asia. Turkish exports to developing countries increased due to the upsurged country's foreign aid donation to its recipients. Originality ― This study deviates from other studies in the literature by empirically examining the relationship between bilateral Official development assistance and the export of Turkey.

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Section: Model Selection Methodssupporting

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Empirical analysis of the impact of Turkish bilateral official development assistance on export

Hassan

Dil

2023

Econ. J. Emerg. Mark.

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“…Another important mode of the TDAM is unilateral aid strategy, implemented by native Turkish expatriate staff in very remote parts of the recipient states by interacting with local people (Korkmaz & Zengin, 2020). Also known as a bunkerized strategy (Thiessen & Özerdem, 2019) or displaying a “human face” (Tank, 2013) directly to beneficiaries, frequently without imposing conditions, Turkey’s ODA relations are prominently maintained bilaterally rather than via multilateral channels.…”

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Turkey as an emerging donor in the development community: The Turkish‐type Development Assistance Model (TDAM)

Turhan

2021

Development Policy Review

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Motivation: Over the past two decades, development communities have been intensively discussing the development assistance provided by emerging donors. Among these donors, although a relative newcomer to the development scene, Turkey has cut a distinctive figure, portraying itself as a great emerging power of its own accord. Purpose: Though the modality of Turkish aid is paraded in the scholarly literature, this growing interest does not specifically explore the catch-all term of "Turkish-type development assistance model" (TDAM), developed for Turkish official development assistance (ODA) in 2016 to address the geopolitical, cultural, and religious landscape in a larger context. This article examines TDAM hitherto uncharted terrain, scrutinizing its patterns, characteristics, content, and modality. Methods and approach: Applying an interpretive analytical framework allied with critical discourse analysis. Findings: This article concludes that the concept of TDAM renders inclusive, cost-effective, horizontal, peer-based, and solidarity-oriented aid relations with the recipient. Juxtaposed with the "virtuous power" paradigm of Turkey, this article reveals four main characteristics of TDAM that separate it from other emerging donors: a multitrack approach, a "human face" emphasis, the proximity of recipients, and a new discourse. Policy implications: Turkish-type debates about the changing landscape of development aid with a more critical analytical approach offer insights for broader development studies. A powerful engagement of Turkish foreign aid within an emerging donor landscape could be a new modality for the development community, thus the analysis of TDAM in this research hints at why this is the case or how this might matter for the evolving politics of aid.

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