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

Author(s): Fatih Mehmet Sayin, Murat DOĞAN
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Regional Geography, International Law, Political Theory, Political Sciences, Diplomatic history, Geopolitics
Published by: Institute for Research and European Studies - Bitola
Keywords: Turkish Foreign Policy; Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Crude Oil Pipeline; Georgian Foreign Policy; Russia; geopolitical importance

Summary/Abstract: Georgia and Turkey has become important partners in the Caucasus region after independence of Georgia in 1991. Two countries preferred to follow pro-West policies in their foreign policy against Russian factor. They have geopolitical importance and geostrategic location for Russia throughout history. This article analyzes foreign policies of Georgia and Turkey and examines Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Crude Oil Pipeline as a common foreign policy between them. The paper found out that this kind of projects between Georgia and Turkey would make them important actors rising from regional level to global level in the future.

  • Issue Year: III/2017
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 42-54
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: English