1. TURKISH FOREIGN POLICY I (IR 311)
NEAR EAST UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF ECONOMICS AND ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCES DEPARTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
TURKISH FOREIGN POLICY I
(IR 311)

2. THE OVERALL FRAMEWORK OF TURKISH FOREIGN POLICY *
I)Basic Factors Influencing Turkish Foreign Policy
The cultural, Historical, Strategic and Domestic Dimensions
II) The Military, Political and Economic Background of Turkish Foreign Policy
A) Turkey as a Strategic Medium Power (SMP)
1) Concepts of Hegemonic Power, Minor Power and SMP
2) The Elements of an SMP
3) Why does Turkey Belong in the Medium Power Category?
B) The Security Factor of Turkish Foreign Policy
The Military, Economic and Political-Social Circles
D) The Political Economy of Turkish Foreign Policy
Economic Models of Turkey from 1923 to the Present
* Source: Baskın Oran (ed.), Turkish Foreign Policy ( ): Facts and Analyses with Documents, translated by Mustafa Akşin, Salt Lake City, The University of Utah Press, 2010.

3. THE OVERALL FRAMEWORK OF TURKISH FOREIGN POLICY
III) The Guiding Principles of Turkish Foreign Policy
A) Maintenance of the Status Quo
1) Preserving Existing Frontiers
2) Preserving Existing Balance
B) Modernization
Methods and Aims

4. TURKISH FOREIGN POLICY BETWEEN 1919 AND 1923: THE TIME OF LIBERATION
I) The International Environment and Dynamics
Important International Developments and Internal Affairs/Problems of Major Powers
II) The Domestic Environment and Dynamics
Political, Economic and Social Structure of Anatolia
III) The Foreign Policy of the Ankara Government
A) The Peace Treaty of Sèvres and its Regulations
B) Relations with the West
1) Relations with Great Britain
2) Relations with France
3) Relations with other Western States

5. TURKISH FOREIGN POLICY BETWEEN 1919 AND 1923: THE TIME OF LIBERATION
C) Relations with the Soviet Union
i) Reasons of the Friendly Relations
ii) Development of the Bilateral Relations and the Moscow Treaty of 1921
D) Relations with Greece
1) Greece’s Foreign Policy and the Megali Idea
2) The Turkish-Greek War in Anatolia ( )

6. THE PEACE TREATY OF LAUSANNE
1) Lausanne Peace Conference
Importance of the Conference
The Participating States and their Positions
Turkish Delegation’s Position
Main Debates at the Conference
2) Lausanne Peace Treaty
Political Clauses
Frontiers
Protection of Minorities
Importance of Lausanne Peace Treaty and Main Differences Between Lausanne and Sèvres Peace Treaty
3) Other Main Documents Accepted at the Conference
The Convention Concerning the Exchange of Populations
The Straits Convention

7. TURKISH FOREIGN POLICY BETWEEN 1923 AND 1939
I) The International Environment and Dynamics
II) The Domestic Environment and Dynamics
Political, Economic and Social Developments in Turkey
III) Foreign Policy
A) Relations with Western European Countries
1)Relations with Great Briatin
a) The Question of Mosol
b) Other Developments
2) Relations with France
The Question of Hatay

8. TURKISH FOREIGN POLICY BETWEEN 1923 AND 1939
3) Relations with Italy
“Revisionism against Status Quo”
4) Relations with Germany
a) The Weimar Period ( )
b) The Nazi Period ( )
b) Relations with the USSR
The Treaty of Friendship and Neutrality of 1925
Other Documents

9. TURKISH FOREIGN POLICY BETWEEN 1923 AND 1939
c) Relations with Greece
Main Problems Between Greece and Turkey
Islands of the Northern Agean Sea
The Exchange of Populations
The Question of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Phanar
1930 Agreements and the Period of Friendship
d) Relations with the Middle East
Iran and the Sadabad Pact
e) Turkish Straits and the Montreux Straits Convention

10. TURKISH FOREIGN POLICY BETWEEN 1939 AND 1945
1) The International Environment and Dynamics
2) The Domestic Environment and Dynamics
Political, Economic and Social Structure of Turkey
3) World War Two and Turkish Foreign Policy