Journal or Publication Title:

Ժամանակակից Եվրասիա = Contemporary Eurasia

Date of publication:

2020

Volume:

9

Number:

2

ISSN:

2579-2970

Abstract:

Based on an investigation of the relevant legal documents, this article analyzes the scope of authority of the following state institutions in foreign policy decision-making in the Republic of Turkey: the president, the Grand National Assembly, the Council of Ministers (together with the Prime Minister and Ministry of Foreign Affairs), the National Security Council (along with the Armed Forces), and the Security and Foreign Policy Council (from 2018). It traces the development of the legal framework concerning the powers and duties of these institutions from the establishment of the Republic to the present and elaborates on its impact on the level of their involvement in foreign policy decision-making in various political circumstances and time periods. The article argues that after the establishment of the Republic, sufficient legal framework was gradually developed to make foreign policy decision-making in Turkey more pluralistic with several state institutions included in the process, while the constitutional changes of 2017, on the contrary, were meant to centralize foreign policy decision-making powers around the President and his office.

Publisher:

ՀՀ ԳԱԱ Արևելագիտության ինստիտուտ

Format:

pdf

Extent:

pp. 30-50

Identifier:

oai:arar.sci.am:269400

Location of original object:

ՀՀ ԳԱԱ Հիմնարար գիտական գրադարան