Two Stages of Turkey’s Quest for a Regional Power Status in the Middle East: An Integrated Role- Status-seeking Approach

Since 2002, Turkey has actively been seeking a regional power status in the Middle East through the articulation of regional roles based on historical legacy and liberal experience. Theoretically, the paper seeks to contribute to regional power literature by integrating role theory with status-seeki...

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Main Authors: Tayyar ARI, Omar MUNASSAR
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Language:English
Published: Hale Şıvgın 2020-12-01
Series:Gazi Akademik Bakış
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Online Access:https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/1441590
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description Since 2002, Turkey has actively been seeking a regional power status in the Middle East through the articulation of regional roles based on historical legacy and liberal experience. Theoretically, the paper seeks to contribute to regional power literature by integrating role theory with status-seeking theory and examining the interactions between them. This integrated approach suggests that the role rientations of aspiring regional power and regional counter-roles determine the level of status recognition of that regional power in a given regional power hierarchy. Using this approach, the paper examines the fluctuations in Turkey’s pursuit of regional power status in the Middle East over two uneven stages before and after the Arab Spring. It shows that Turkey was able to play regional cooperative roles and improve its regional power status during the first stage (2002-2011) while has stumbled over the period since the Arab Spring.
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spelling doaj-art-1cce62e465b84228ab22b94bcc3303fb2025-02-03T07:52:54ZengHale ŞıvgınGazi Akademik Bakış1307-97781309-51372020-12-011427129Two Stages of Turkey’s Quest for a Regional Power Status in the Middle East: An Integrated Role- Status-seeking ApproachTayyar ARIhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3874-3622Omar MUNASSARhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3663-7973Since 2002, Turkey has actively been seeking a regional power status in the Middle East through the articulation of regional roles based on historical legacy and liberal experience. Theoretically, the paper seeks to contribute to regional power literature by integrating role theory with status-seeking theory and examining the interactions between them. This integrated approach suggests that the role rientations of aspiring regional power and regional counter-roles determine the level of status recognition of that regional power in a given regional power hierarchy. Using this approach, the paper examines the fluctuations in Turkey’s pursuit of regional power status in the Middle East over two uneven stages before and after the Arab Spring. It shows that Turkey was able to play regional cooperative roles and improve its regional power status during the first stage (2002-2011) while has stumbled over the period since the Arab Spring.https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/1441590turkeyrolestatus-seekingmiddle eastarab spring
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Two Stages of Turkey’s Quest for a Regional Power Status in the Middle East: An Integrated Role- Status-seeking Approach
Gazi Akademik Bakış
turkey
role
status-seeking
middle east
arab spring
title Two Stages of Turkey’s Quest for a Regional Power Status in the Middle East: An Integrated Role- Status-seeking Approach
title_full Two Stages of Turkey’s Quest for a Regional Power Status in the Middle East: An Integrated Role- Status-seeking Approach
title_fullStr Two Stages of Turkey’s Quest for a Regional Power Status in the Middle East: An Integrated Role- Status-seeking Approach
title_full_unstemmed Two Stages of Turkey’s Quest for a Regional Power Status in the Middle East: An Integrated Role- Status-seeking Approach
title_short Two Stages of Turkey’s Quest for a Regional Power Status in the Middle East: An Integrated Role- Status-seeking Approach
title_sort two stages of turkey s quest for a regional power status in the middle east an integrated role status seeking approach
topic turkey
role
status-seeking
middle east
arab spring
url https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/1441590
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