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WISC Third Global International Studies Conference, 17-20 August 2011, University of Porto, Portekiz, Portugal, 1 - 04 August 2011, pp.1-8, (Full Text)
2003 intervention in Iraqi territories is an important consequence for the new security threats and regional conflicts. On the other hand, from 90’s in case of the state based understanding of global security, new approaches came to issue by the societal and individual perspectives. Identity, poverty, ecology, food are all became crucial items of global security. Regional Arabic and non-Arabic societies raise their influence in the world politics. Therefore Turkey turned into an important actor for the region for mediating Islamic countries and their people. Also its foreign policy issues directly linked in to it from “Parliamentary crises in sending troops to Iraq” to Gaza issue and till the last NATO Lisbon Conference, in the sense of regional cooperation and strategic partnership.
According to new approach, security achievement is based on “zero problem with neighbors” in Turkish foreign policy. Hence this study wants to search the idea of the security approach comprising also the theoretical studies. Is it a new realistic geopolitical strategy forming a new regional security cooperation including the regional states and her continuing harmony with NATO and Europe? Or is it a shift in the axis? Or is Turkey de-securitizing regional process concerning several countries like Iran and Iraq and focusing more on societal dimension? Since in this study methodology will based on an analyze of security discourses of the foreign policy decision actors from foreign Affairs ministry daily’s to session of the parliament in foreign ministry budget discussions and speeches of the President of Turkish Foreign Affairs Minister Ahmed Davutoglu.