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Universidade Federal do Paraná
2014
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- Turkey's Role as a Regional and Global Player and its Power Capacity: Turkey's Engagement with other Emerging States Aylin Gürzel Sociología AKP Turkey hard power regional power emerging states Turkey's role as a regional power has increased since Justice and Development Party (AKP) came to power. AKP leadership not onlyaspired to become a regional power but also a global player. Turkey has, therefore, assumed different roles: the "natural leader" of theregion; a historical "big brother;" and the "protector" of the Muslim minorities. Turkey has also assumed a "mediator" and a "facilita-tor" role by trying to negotiate a deal with an emerging power such as Brazil in order to attempt to resolve the controversial Iraniannuclear issue. By making use of recent developments, Turkey tried to solidify its long desired role as a "rising power" by increasing itsinfluence in its neighborhood and engaging with other emerging powers. The concept "regional power" is a context-based notion. Inother words, the location and geography are contesting and disputed approaches. Notwithstanding the fact that concepts such as"region" and "power" are social constructed reality, this paper analyzes the notion of 'regional power' as a subcategory of 'power'. Inthis context, this paper will make use of Stefan Schim's criteria while analyzing Turkey's power capacity in the region. Schim positsthat the "regional power" needs to have a "role definition," and it should possess material power (hard power). It should also haveeconomic as well as diplomatic and organizational capacity. Its power whether it is 'soft power' (attraction of ones idea's and or theability to set the political agenda in a way that shapes the preferences of other actors) or 'hard power' (material power that can bemeasured-economic and military power) needs to be acknowledged by other actors in the region. It should also be accepted by greatpowers and emerging powers that are determinant in the international system. dditionally, the regional power (and/ or global power)needs to have leverage, thus its power projection needs to yield results. Kalevi Holsti's role theory will be used as theoretical frame-work to analyze foreign policy behavior of the AKP. The paper will, thus, seek to find out Turkey's roles. 2014 artículo científico 0104-4478 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=23832651007 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=238 Revista de Sociologia e Política application/pdf Universidade Federal do Paraná Revista de Sociologia e Política (Brasil) Num.50 Vol.22