Uluslararası İlişkiler Dergisi

Yazarlar: Gencer ÖZCAN

Konular:Sosyal

DOI:10.33458/uidergisi.518040

Anahtar Kelimeler:Justice and Development Party,Turkey and Israel,Davos,One Minute,Mavi Marmara,Arab Uprisings

Özet: Justice and Development Party [JDP] governments’ policies towards Israel were informed by the priorities that the party’s power strategies entailed. In a stark contrast to the friendly policies in its first term in power, the JDP began to employ different discursive strategies based on an anti-Israeli rhetoric since 2009. Geared to bolster the party’s prestige at home and abroad, the new rhetoric seemed to have addressed to the changing priorities of the party leadership. However, the new strategies led to the emergence of a widening gap between the anti-Israeli rhetoric and subtle efforts that the JDP paid to maintain its relations with Israel. Revisiting the last 15 years, the article tries to answer the question as to how Turkey’s relations with Israel were adjusted to meet necessities of miscellaneous power strategies that the JDP leadership pursued. 

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