External Pressure and Turkish Discourse on  'Kurdish/Democratic Initiative'

İnan RÜMA; Dilaver Arikan AÇAR

doi:https://doi.org/10.1501/Intrel_0000000224

Makale detayları

External Pressure and Turkish Discourse on 'Kurdish/Democratic Initiative'

Yazarlar:

İnan RÜMA | Dilaver Arikan AÇAR

Yayıncı:

Ankara University

Ana Başlıklar:

Siyaset Bilimi

Dergi:

The Turkish Yearbook of International Relations 2009 Issue 40, pp.1-37

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

4/2009

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000668620

Sıklık:

Yıllık

eISSN:

2667-5382

pISSN:

0544-1943

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1501/Intrel_0000000224

Özet:

 

This article aims at the analysis of the reactions to the external influence within the framework of the recent "Kurdish Initiative" through the discourses of important representatives of different political viewpoints in the Turkish press. As the content of the "Initiative" was not presented to the public by the government, public discussion has been shaped by subjective understandings, including the columnists who began to define the problem and the solution, as well as the scope of the "Initiative", by themselves according to their specific political positions. Although finding a solution to stop the PKK violence as well as improving the conditions of the citizens with Kurdish origin have always been a concern on Turkey's agenda, the specific timing of the "Initiative" raised questions about whether it is exposed to implicit foreign pressure for the initiation of the process. The apparent unpreparedness of the government to bring about any concrete framework seems to support the claims about external involvement and pressure, which is consistently denied by the government. Although a clear tendency for adapting new policies and approaches in line with international intellectual influence to handle the problems of Turkey is shared by most commentators except for the nationalist left and right, specific interstate-level attempts to be involved in the "Kurdish Initiative" is not welcomed by all.

Makale detayları

External Pressure and Turkish Discourse on 'Kurdish/Democratic Initiative'

Yazarlar: İnan RÜMA | Dilaver Arikan AÇAR

Yayıncı: Ankara University

Ana Başlıklar: Siyaset Bilimi

Dergi: The Turkish Yearbook of International Relations 2009 Issue 40, pp.1-37

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 4/2009

Belge Dili: İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.): 2000668620

Sıklık: Yıllık

eISSN: 2667-5382

pISSN: 0544-1943

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1501/Intrel_0000000224

Sayı

Yazarlar:

İnan RÜMA | Dilaver Arikan AÇAR

Yayıncı:

Ankara University

Ana Başlıklar:

Siyaset Bilimi

Dergi:

The Turkish Yearbook of International Relations 2009 Issue 40, pp.1-37

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

4/2009

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000668620

Sıklık:

Yıllık

eISSN:

2667-5382

pISSN:

0544-1943

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1501/Intrel_0000000224