fişne, mustafa afyon kocatepe üniversitesi, Turkey

An Inquiry into The Ethical Foreign Policy as an Affecting Perspective On the New Turkish Foreign Policy

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The term “ethical foreign policy” is used in the literature to label foreign policy that is based on ethics or values rather than just interests. It is relatively a new foreign policy perspective which has flourished in the post-Cold War period. This study aims to introduce ethical foreign policy with all related aspects together with its impact on the new Turkish foreign policy since 2002. More specifically, the following issues are discussed and reached conclusions related to the each are shared: 1) ethical foreign policy and its emergence on the international stage 2) examples of the application of ethical foreign policy, 3) the influence of ethics during the foreign policy decision making process, 4) and finally, critics about the sincerity of ethical foreign policy as well as its instrumental use. A descriptive method depending on a huge literature review is used.

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Ethical Foreign Policy , Values , based Foreign Policy , New Turkish Foreign Policy , Foreign Policy

Afyon Kocatepe University Journal Of Social Sciences

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