Area and International Studies in Turkey: The Case of the United States

dc.contributor.authorTuran, Ilter
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-18T20:50:50Z
dc.date.available2024-07-18T20:50:50Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.departmentİstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractArea studies in the international relations discipline have evolved in response to specific needs of countries and particular conditions of the world affairs at a given time. This article addresses a set of conditions and needs that influenced the development of area studies in international relations with a focus on the emergence and growth of studies on the United States in Turkey. Accordingly, it is argued that Turkey has historically conceptualized external relations as state-to-state relations and not prioritized initially a research program on area studies. However, the shift from import substitution to export-led growth and the end of the Cold War created an environment in which Turkey's needs to research about other societies have intensified. This has led to the establishment of research programs and centers at universities as well as the opening of think tanks, some funded by the public, others privately. In light of the assessment of the growth of these research and teaching institutions focusing on the United States, it is concluded that American studies are less developed than what might be expected given Turkey's close relationship with the United States. Some explanations are also offered for such an observation.en_US
dc.identifier.endpage63en_US
dc.identifier.issn2146-7757
dc.identifier.issue1en_US
dc.identifier.startpage50en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11411/8263
dc.identifier.volume1en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000218856000003en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityN/Aen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherCenter Foreign Policy & Peace Researchen_US
dc.relation.ispartofAll Azimuth-A Journal of Foreign Policy and Peaceen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectArea Studiesen_US
dc.subjectForeign Policyen_US
dc.subjectResearch Centersen_US
dc.subjectThink Tanksen_US
dc.subjectUnited Statesen_US
dc.subjectTurkeyen_US
dc.titleArea and International Studies in Turkey: The Case of the United States
dc.typeArticle

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