While populism itself is a politicised concept, this article seeks to conceptualise the populist politicisation of foreign policy.
Populism and the politicisation of foreign policy
Continuity through change: populism and foreign policy in Turkey
Although the scholarship refers to the AKP (and Erdoğan) as a singular, coherent actor, there have actually been multiple AKPs since its inception in 2001. The party is in constant flux.
Erdoğan and the Muslim Brotherhood: an outside-in approach to Turkish foreign policy in the Middle East
The AKP’s Middle East policy, widely considered as foreign policy adventurism, represents more than a passing twist, but a deeper change in Turkey’s foreign policy orientation.
Doom and Gloom: Leaving Erdogan’s Turkey
Nativist and authoritarian populisms have largely been studied in terms of their approach towards immigrant groups, but once in power, their policies may also lead to emigration.
Türkei Partnersuche in Nahost
Gleich zu mehreren Staaten im Nahen Osten will Ankara seine Beziehungen verbessern - so etwa zu den VAE, Ägypten und Israel. Gründe dafür gibt es mehrere.
Neu aufgestellt: Die Gülen-Bewegung in Deutschland
Seit dem versuchten Putsch in der Türkei 2016 scheint die Gülen-Bewegung dort zerschlagen. Ankaras Geheimdienste verfolgen die so genannten "FETÖ-Terroristen" weltweit und schrecken auch vor Entführungen nicht zurück. In Deutschland wächst die Bewegung.
The formulation and implementation of populist foreign policy: Turkey in the Eastern Mediterranean
Despite the abundant references to the ‘people’ in the populist rhetoric, this paper identifies personalization in foreign policy decision-making, nationalization in foreign policy implementation, and civilizationalization in the foreign policy discourse.
Dislocation as the Constitutive Element of AKP Populism: Multiple Faces of Turkish Foreign Policy
Hakkı Taş (2019) "Dislocation as the Constitutive Element of AKP Populism: Multiple Faces of Turkish Foreign Policy," Kolloquium Türkeistudien, Universtät Duisburg Essen, 22 January.
Hakkı Taş 