Turkey-Africa alliance: Evolving patterns in security relations

Siradag, Abdurrahim

doi:10.1080/10246029.2018.1550429

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“…Erdoğan saw this participation as a moral duty to strengthen regional stability and raise Türkiye’s profile on the world stage (Gruen, 2006, p. 436). Since then, Türkiye has also broadened the geographical scope of its strategic engagement by sending troops on peacekeeping missions in Africa (Central African Republic and Mali) and reinforcing security links with many actors on the continent (Sıradağ, 2018), which was functional wider African engagement approach that has emerged over the past fifteen years (Donelli, 2018).…”

Section: Upgrading Turkish Nationalism: the Akp’s Eramentioning

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A Shifting Centrality: The Evolution of Turkish Strategic Posture

Cristiani

2023

Contemporary Review of the Middle East

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This article examines the changing patterns in Türkiye’s strategic and military posture since the establishment of the Republic, with a focus on the developments, and changes, since the 1980s. Originally based on the two principles of deterrence and collective security, this view has later developed in other directions. In the 1980s, this posture started to shift as Türkiye became a more assertive regional player, and the domestic civilian–military balances were changing. This evolution would emerge more visibly under the AKP, as a new perception of the Turkish geographical centrality brought the country to play a pro-active regional and international role, exemplified by the emergence of Türkiye as a peacekeeping actor with an aggressive economic foreign policy. In this period, the Turkish strategic view evolved, making active engagement and forward defense two pillars of a new approach.

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Section: Upgrading Turkish Nationalism: the Akp’s Eramentioning

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A Shifting Centrality: The Evolution of Turkish Strategic Posture

Cristiani

2023

Contemporary Review of the Middle East

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“…-What fields does the Turkish army and military industrial presence have in Africa? Turkey could strengthen its army and military industry connections with Africa by the following actions, which can be also listed as fields, types of presence of the Turkish under the AKP leadership (Siradag, 2018). Between 1993-95, Turkey gave the force commander (Lieutenant-General Çevik Bir) for the UN Operation in Somalia, named UNOSOM II, "but it did not become actively involved in most of the UN peacekeeping operations in Africa until 2005" but after the AKP came to power, although with limited contribution but Turkey begun to engage actively, in the UN peacekeeping operations in Africa, says Abdurrahim Siradag in his study for Africa Security Review (Siradag, 2018, p. 9).…”

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Turkish Army and Military Industry Presence in Africa

Petrőcz

2023

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Turkey puts an emphasis on the African connections in general and also strengthening its military connection with the African countries. The economic, diplomatic, cultural partnerships of Turkey and Africa are more discussed but the security, army and military industry connection between Ankara and the African countries is less captured, according to some experts, so now we put the dimension of security, army and military industry in the centre of our study. Turkish army and military industry is present in Africa in various forms: Turkey is supporting international peacekeeping missions in Africa, Turkish military export is growing on the continent, Ankara is making defence, military agreements with several African country, Turkish army has training programs for African soldiers. And lastly the Turkish army is present in two countries: Libya, where Turkish troops support the government in the civil war, and in Somalia, where they are operating a military training camp. We would like to study through these actions how Turkey is connected to African countries and analyze whether these are individual actions that connect Ankara and the African countries or they indicate levels of deepening connections.

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“…At the same time, Turkey has established the biggest overseas military training base in Somalia in 2015 in order to train the Somali National Army and the Somali Police Force. The base aims to create the national army and the national police force of Somalia (Sıradağ, 2018, pp. 9–10).…”

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“…9–10). In addition, Turkey made a bilateral deal with Sudan in 2017 worth 650 million U.S. dollars to restore the strategically important island known as the Suakin, located on Sudan’s Red Sea and to build a docking facility on the island for restoring military and civilian vessels on the island (Sıradağ, 2018), but the neighbouring countries like Egypt doubted Turkey’s active involvement in Sudan (Maher & Tsukerman, 2019).…”

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Turkey’s Engagement with the African Organisations: Partner or Competitor?

Siradag

2020

India Quarterly: A Journal of International Affairs

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Turkey has been among one of the most active players in African politics over the last decade. The ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) governments have changed the traditional foreign policy approach towards Africa. Turkey has sought to develop its strategic relations with non-Western regional and sub-regional organisations during the AK Party governments. In this regard, Turkish Embassy in Addis Ababa was accredited to the African Union (AU) and other sub-regional African organisations since 2005. In this research, the main question is ‘why has Turkey deepened and widened its strategic relations with African regional and sub-regional organizations?’ This research will scrutinise Turkey’s engagement with the African organisations by employing a theoretical approach and a holistic approach. According to the findings of this research, Turkey has changed its traditional approach towards African politics and played a dynamic role in establishing a new global order despite persistent challenges in the world.

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Turkey-Africa alliance: Evolving patterns in security relations

Cited by 12 publications

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A Shifting Centrality: The Evolution of Turkish Strategic Posture

A Shifting Centrality: The Evolution of Turkish Strategic Posture

Turkish Army and Military Industry Presence in Africa

Turkey’s Engagement with the African Organisations: Partner or Competitor?

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