Of east or west? Turkey's United Nations general assembly voting preferences on arms control, north-south economic issues and human rights

ABSTRACT IN ENGLISH: This article examines Turkey's United Nations General Assembly voting patterns from 2000 to 2010 across three issue areas, namely, `arms control and disarmament,' North-South economic issues' and `human rights'. The article aims to enhance our understanding o...

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Published in:Uluslararasi Iliskiler / International Relations 2013-04, Vol.10 (37), p.69-94
Main Authors: Yuvaci, Abdullah, Kaplan, Muhittin
Format: Article
Language:Turkish
Subjects:
Arms control
Arms limitation
Arms trade
Economic affairs
Foreign policy
Human rights
Turkey
United Nations
Voting behaviour
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Summary:ABSTRACT IN ENGLISH: This article examines Turkey's United Nations General Assembly voting patterns from 2000 to 2010 across three issue areas, namely, `arms control and disarmament,' North-South economic issues' and `human rights'. The article aims to enhance our understanding of whether Turkey's foreign policy preferences are similar to those of eastern or western countries on these issue areas. The research also analyses if any voting differences existed between the Democratic Left Party period (2000-02) and the Justice and Development Party period (2003-10). The research reveals that, to a large extent, Turkey acted with the European Union across all issue areas in the years 2000-10. However, the findings also point to significant differences between the DLP and JDP governments in terms of Turkey's General Assembly voting alignments on these issues. // ABSTRACT IN TURKISH: Bu makale, Türkiye'nin Birlesmis Milletler Genel Kurulu 2000-10 oylarini "silahlarin kontrolü ve silahsizlanma," "Kuzey-Güney ekonomik iliskileri" ve "insan haklari" konu basiklari altinda ampirik olarak incelemektedir. Makalenin amaci Türkiye'nin incelenen konular için BM Genel Kurulu oylannin ve dis politika tercihlerinin dogu ülkelerine mi yoksa bati ülkelerine mi daha yakin oklugunu saptamaktir. Ayrica, makale Türkiye'nin Demokratik Sol Parti dönemi (2000 02) BM oylarini Adalet ve Kalkinma Partisi dönemi (2003-2010) BM oylan ile karsilastirmaktadir. Genel olarak, arastirma 2000-10 yillari arasinda yukarida bahsedilen konu basliklari için Türkiye'nin Avrupa Birligi ülkeleri ile hareket ettigini göstermektedir. Ayrica, Türkiye'nin BM oylarinin DSP ve AK Parti dönemleri için önemli farklihklar arz ettigide arastirmanin sonuçlari arasindadir.
ISSN:1304-7310
1304-7310