POLITICAL RELATIONS BETWEEN TURKEY AND GEORGIA IN THE POST-SOVIET ERA

Georgia and Turkey have become important partners in the Caucasus region after the independence of Georgia in 1991. Two countries preferred to follow pro-West policies in their foreign policy against the Russian factor. They have geopolitical importance and geostrategic location for Russia througho...

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Main Authors: Fatih Mehmet, Murat Dogan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institute for Research and European Studies 2020-08-01
Series:Journal of Liberty and International Affairs
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Online Access:https://www.e-jlia.com/index.php/jlia/article/view/97
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spelling doaj-4fa95aea77574ace8e5df99e60161c3f2021-02-03T19:29:21ZengInstitute for Research and European StudiesJournal of Liberty and International Affairs1857-97602020-08-0132POLITICAL RELATIONS BETWEEN TURKEY AND GEORGIA IN THE POST-SOVIET ERAFatih Mehmet0Murat Dogan1Independent Researcher, USADepartment of Social Sciences, International Black Sea University, Georgia Georgia and Turkey have become important partners in the Caucasus region after the independence of Georgia in 1991. Two countries preferred to follow pro-West policies in their foreign policy against the Russian factor. They have geopolitical importance and geostrategic location for Russia throughout history. This article analyzes the foreign policies of Georgia and Turkey and examines the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Crude Oil Pipeline as a common foreign policy between them. The paper found out that this kind of project between Georgia and Turkey would make them important actors rising from the regional level to the global level in the future. https://www.e-jlia.com/index.php/jlia/article/view/97Turkish Foreign PolicyBaku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Crude Oil PipelineGeorgian Foreign PolicyRussiageopolitical importance
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Murat Dogan
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POLITICAL RELATIONS BETWEEN TURKEY AND GEORGIA IN THE POST-SOVIET ERA
Journal of Liberty and International Affairs
Turkish Foreign Policy
Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Crude Oil Pipeline
Georgian Foreign Policy
Russia
geopolitical importance
author_facet Fatih Mehmet
Murat Dogan
author_sort Fatih Mehmet
title POLITICAL RELATIONS BETWEEN TURKEY AND GEORGIA IN THE POST-SOVIET ERA
title_short POLITICAL RELATIONS BETWEEN TURKEY AND GEORGIA IN THE POST-SOVIET ERA
title_full POLITICAL RELATIONS BETWEEN TURKEY AND GEORGIA IN THE POST-SOVIET ERA
title_fullStr POLITICAL RELATIONS BETWEEN TURKEY AND GEORGIA IN THE POST-SOVIET ERA
title_full_unstemmed POLITICAL RELATIONS BETWEEN TURKEY AND GEORGIA IN THE POST-SOVIET ERA
title_sort political relations between turkey and georgia in the post-soviet era
publisher Institute for Research and European Studies
series Journal of Liberty and International Affairs
issn 1857-9760
publishDate 2020-08-01
description Georgia and Turkey have become important partners in the Caucasus region after the independence of Georgia in 1991. Two countries preferred to follow pro-West policies in their foreign policy against the Russian factor. They have geopolitical importance and geostrategic location for Russia throughout history. This article analyzes the foreign policies of Georgia and Turkey and examines the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Crude Oil Pipeline as a common foreign policy between them. The paper found out that this kind of project between Georgia and Turkey would make them important actors rising from the regional level to the global level in the future.
topic Turkish Foreign Policy
Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Crude Oil Pipeline
Georgian Foreign Policy
Russia
geopolitical importance
url https://www.e-jlia.com/index.php/jlia/article/view/97
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