New player on the scene: Turkish engagement in Africa

• Authors: Kateřina Rudincová
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Turkey’s engagement in Africa is connected to the ideological shift of Turkish government during the era of Justice and Development Party and its redirection from the Western-centred to the more diversified foreign policy. Turkish policy in Africa has two dimensions: first one is promoted by the official representation of the State, and the second is performed mainly by civil sector of Turkish society, the business organisation as well as various NGOs. This paper examines Turkish involvement in Africa from various perspectives. It focuses on the economic, political as well as ideological role of Turkey in Africa.

Keywords

EN

Turkey; Africa; AKP; foreign policy; soft power

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Bulletin of Geography. Socio-economic Series
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 25
• Issue: 25
• Pages: 197-213

Dates

published

2014-09-01

received

2013-11-02

revised

2013-12-23

accepted

2014-02-15

online

2014-11-15

Contributors

author

Kateřina Rudincová

• University of Ostrava, Faculty of Science, Department of Human Geography and Regional Development, Chittussiho 10, Ostrava – Slezská Ostrava, 710 00, Czech Republic

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/bog-2014-0039