1920-1946 yılları arasındaki Türk-Sovyet ilişkilerinin incelenmesinde dış politika analiz aracı olarak temsiller: Eleştirel inşacı bir yaklaşım

This thesis provides an account of Turkish Foreign Policy towards the SovietUnion in the inter-war and post-war eras from a critical constructivist point of view. It isargued that the radically different responses given by Turkish Foreign Policy makers tothe contextually similar demands of the Soviet Union was allowed by the (re)constructionof the representation of the Soviet Union in Turkish Foreign Policy discourse. It is furtherindicated that the Soviet `demands? throughout the inter-war years did not alter the`sincere friend? identity of the Soviet Union, while similar `demands? in the post-war eraentirely changed the identity of the Soviet Union to an `enemy?. Whereas the `sincerefriend? identity allowed for maintaining good relations with the Soviet Union, the`enemy? identity allowed the move towards the United States as opposed to the SovietUnion.Keywords: Critical Constructivism, Representations, Identity, Threat, Soviet-Turkish Relations, Turkish Straits