Turkey forever balances between East and West

• Authors: Karolina Wanda Olszowska

Title variants

RU

Турция навсегда балансирует между Востоком и Западом

Abstracts

RU

При взгляде на современную турецкую политику часто бытует неверное представление о том, что Турция только в последние годы, еще при Реджепе Тайипе Эрдогане, начала политику балансирования между Востоком и Западом. Цель этой статьи – проанализировать позицию Турции – с точки зрения балансирования между сферами влияния – после окончания Второй мировой войны до вступления Турции в НАТО, а затем сравнить ее с позицией Турции во время правления Партии справедливости и развития в контексте отношений с США и Россией. Это поможет ответить на вопрос: насколько нынешняя балканизирующая позиция Анкары является чем-то удивительным? Разве конкретные закономерности периода 1945–1952 гг. не аналогичны таковым в 21 веке, а различия заключаются в отношении Вашингтона и Москвы, а не Анкары?

EN

When looking at contemporary Turkish politics, an incorrect notion is often circulated that Turkey has only in recent years, as far back as under Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, begun a policy of balancing between East and West. The purpose of this article is to analyze Turkey’s posture – in terms of balancing between spheres of influence – after the end of World War II until Turkey joined NATO and then compare it with Turkey’s stance during the Justice and Development Party government in the context of relations with the United States and Russia. This will help answer the question: to what extent is Ankara’s current balkanizing attitude something surprising? Aren’t specific patterns of the 1945–1952 period similar to those of the 21st century, and the differences are the attitudes of Washington and Moscow rather than Ankara?

Keywords

EN

Turkey; Cold War; Soviet Union; United States; Russia

RU

Турция; холодная война; СССР; США; Россия

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
• Journal: Nowa Polityka Wschodnia
• Year: 2023
• Issue: 2(37)
• Pages: 239-255

Dates

published

2023

Contributors

author

Karolina Wanda Olszowska

• Jagiellonian University in Kraków

• https://orcid.org/000000030535912X

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Identifiers

DOI

10.15804/npw20233711

Biblioteka Nauki

24988519