Foreign Policy-making in Turkey: A Legal Perspective

Author: E. Efegil

Source: Turkish Studies, Volume 2, Number 1, 1 2001 , pp. 147-160(14)

Publisher: Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group

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Abstract:

This essay briefly examines the legal and constitutional structure of Turkey regarding the making of foreign policy. By using the 1990-91 Kuwait crisis as a case study, it then considers how the policy system worked in practice during an extremely important, albeit relatively atypical, crisis situation.

Keywords: Foreign policy; constitution; Grand National Assembly; National Security Council; Kemalism; UN Security Council; Saudi Arabia

Document Type: Research article

Publication date: 2001-01-01