Transformation of Turkish Foreign Policy

Hasan Kösebalaban is a Research Associate at the Center on Democratic Performance at Binghamton University, SUNY, Binghamton, US. He completed his undergraduate degree in Political Science at the International Islamic University Malaysia in 1995 and his MA degree in International Relations at the International University of Japan in 1997. In 2006, he earned his Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Utah. He has served as a faculty member at institutions such as Mississippi State University, Michigan State University, Lake Forest College, and Mount Holyoke College in the United States. He also worked at Istanbul Şehir University’s Department of Political Science and International Relations until 2019, and at Fatih Sultan Mehmet Vakıf University’s Department of Political Science and International Relations.Kösebalaban’s research focuses on Turkish foreign policy and Middle Eastern politics. He is the author of Islam, Nationalism, and Globalization (Palgrave Macmillan, 2011) and Religion and Politics in Saudi Arabia (co-authored with Muhammad Ayoob, Lynne Rienner, 2008), along with numerous articles published in academic journals.

• PrefaceIntroductionPart I. Theoretical and Historical Background1. Turkey's Ideological Polarisations: A Multi-dimensional Theoretical Analysis2. Contesting Islamisms: One Ideology, Multiple PerspectivesPart II. The Liberal Age of JDP Foreign Policy3. The Liberal Age of the JDP (2002-9)4. Liberal Integrationism: JDP’s Middle East Pivot (2009-11)5. Liberal Interventionism: Idealism and Realpolitik (2011-16)Part III. The Nationalist Age of the JDP Foreign Policy6. The Return of Securitisation in Turkish Foreign Policy (2016-22)7. Normalisation or Authoritarian Pragmatism in Turkish Foreign Policy? (2022-24)ConclusionBibliographyIndex

The Transformation of Turkish Foreign Policy stands as one of the most intellectually provocative and theoretically robust contributions to the literature on Turkish foreign policy (TFP) in recent years. [...] It offers a powerful analytical framework while opening doors for new theoretical debates on how state survival, international norms, and historical continuities converge to shape a nation's path. The book successfully highlights the ideological and domestic dimensions of contemporary TFP, demonstrating that foreign policy is not merely a reaction to external forces, but a proactive tool for domestic political identity and regime preservation.