Browsing by Author "Güvenç, Serhat"
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Changing Naval Balances In The Eastern Mediterranean: Implications For Turkey
This paper is aimed at providing an assesement of the growing Russian naval strength and assertiveness in the Eastern Mediterranean and its implications for Turkey's place in the regional naval power hierarchy after Moscow's direct involvement in the Syrian conflict in 2015. Although the main focus is on the Eastern Mediterranean the region obviously cannot be decoupled from the Black Sea and to some extent from the Aegean. Therefore this paper argues that the naval power hierarchy in these three ...
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Continental powers and quest for status: A comparative study of Sultan Abdülaziz's fleet (1861-1876)
In this study, the Ottoman Fleet during the reign of Sultan Abdülaziz is taken as a case that stands out as a Nineteenth Century precursor to subsequent efforts by continental powers, Kaiser Wilhelm II's Germany and Stalin's USSR, to build sub-optimal fleets in the Twentieth Century. Therefore, these two cases are added in order to answer the following question: why do continental powers establish or try to acquire naval power beyond levels needed for the physical security of the state? In the ...
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Lost in translation or transformation? The impact of American aid on the Turkish military, 1947-60
US-Turkish relations were marked by the primacy of military actors during the Cold War. This is considered to be the consequence of the so-called special relationship between the US and Turkish militaries based on mutual trust. However, historical record suggests that the two militaries clashed over a number of institutional, strategic and cultural matters from the onset. The US military assistance did not result in Turkish military's transformation along the US military system. Nevertheless, it ...
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NATO and Turkey in the post-Cold War world: between abandonment and entrapment
Authors:Güvenç, Serhat; Özel, Soli
Publisher and Date:(Routledge Journals Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2012)For the last two decades two fears have largely shaped Turkey's view of NATO. These are fears of entrapment and abandonment. Both are symptoms of a type of security dilemma that is peculiar to military alliances and coalitions. Both fears had their origins in the Cold War in the context of Turkey's 60-year-old NATO membership. They also led to the pursuit of autonomy in Turkish foreign policy both as a response strategy and as a strategic choice in its own right. While the former version featured ...
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NATO'nun Evrimi ve Türkiye'nin Transatlantik Güvenliğe Katkıları
Authors:Güvenç, Serhat
Publisher and Date:(Uluslararası İlişkiler Konseyi Derneği İktisadi İşletmesi, 2015)Türkiye NATO’ya 60 yıl aşkın bir süredir üyedir. Bu sürede güvenliğin hedefleri ve araçlarındaki değişime koşut olarak Türkiye’nin NATO’nun kolektif güvenlik sistemine katkısı da nitelik ve nicelik olarak değişim göstermiştir. Türkiye’nin katkıları bağlamında süreklilik gösteren iki unsur göze çarpmaktadır. Bunlardan birisi coğrafi konumudur. NATO’nun tehdit algılarının yoğunlaştığı bölgelere komşuluğu Türkiye ittifak açısından emlak değerini artırmaktadır. Bir diğer konu ise Türkiye’nin diğer ...
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NATO's Evolution and Turkey's Contribution to the Transatlantic Security
Turkey has been member of NATO for more than six decades. Turkey's contributions to NATO's collective defense have evolved in quantity and quality in step with changes in the ends and means of security. In terms of its contributions to the alliance, two elements of continued stand out. The first one is Turkey's location. Its proximity to zones of risks and threats in NATO's assessments has turned Turkey into an asset. The other element is Turkey's ability to raise and maintain a large army at a ...
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One Battle and Two Accounts: The Turkish Brigade at Kunu-ri in November 1950
The recent revival of academic and popular interest in the Korean War in Turkey has played an important role in instigating the production of new books and documentaries. In Turkish accounts the Battle of Kunu-ri (November 1950) figures more prominently than any other event during the entire conflict. However the Turkish Brigade's performance at this battle remains controversial. This paper assesses the impact of U.S. military assistance on Turkish military's transformation compares and contrasts ...
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Revisiting the Britain-US-Turkey triangle during the transition from Pax Britannica to Pax Americana (1947-1957)
Authors:Barlas, Dilek; Yılmaz, Şuhnaz; Güvenç, Serhat
Publisher and Date:(Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francıs Ltd, 2020)This article analyses the triangular relations between Britain, the United States and Turkey in the volatile Middle East and Eastern Mediterranean region at the advent of the Cold War. It examines the political, economic and military strategies that enabled Turkey to adapt to the transitional period from the Pax Britannica to the Pax Americana (1947-1957) in the Middle East and the Eastern Mediterranean. By focusing on this turbulent decade extending from the Truman Doctrine (1947) to the Eisenhower ...
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The Cold War Origins of the Turkish Motor Vehicle Industry: The Tuzla Jeep 1954-1971
With its automobile exports measured in millions of units annually Turkey has become one of the top automobile producing nations in Europe. The current state of the Turkish motor vehicle industry stands in contrast to its modest origins which can be traced back to the early years of the Cold War. In the 1950s a private company ventured into the business of assembling Willy's Jeeps in Turkey. The early developmental trajectory of the Turkish automobile manufacturing resembled the experiences of ...
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Threat perception and alliance preferences in the pro-government Turkish press between March 1945 and January 1946: Publications of Ulus and Cumhuriyet
Considered one of the most critical milestones in the history of Turkish Foreign Policy after the Second World War, the termination of the Turkish – Soviet Treaty of Neutrality and Friendship on March 19, 1945, and the subsequent events that are closely related to the Turkish – Soviet and Turkish – Anglo-Saxon relations until the first days of January 1946, particularly the Soviet demands of June 1945, constitute the main scope of this research. In the research, firstly, it was aimed to establish ...
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Turkish Navy's Move 'Towards Blue Waters': Its Origins, development and implementation / Türk Deniz Kuvvetlerinin 'Açık Denizlere Doğru' Hamlesi: Doğuşu, gelişimi ve uygulanması
Soğuk Savaştan sonra, Türk Deniz Kuvvetleri stratejik analiz, askeri planlama ve savaş araçlarındaki büyük değişiklikler nedeniyle değişim rüzgarlarına maruz kaldı. Deniz Kuvvetleri, acil güvenlik sınamalarıyla başa çıkmak için yeni rotasını 'Açık Denizlere Doğru' olarak belirledi. Ancak Deniz Kuvvetlerinin savunma sanayiinin ilerlemesindeki rolünün yanı sıra büyümesi ve harekât alanındaki eylemciliği övgü ve eleştiri konusu oldu. Deniz Kuvvetleri'nin konumuyla ilgili bu tür farklı görüşler, ...