Η εξωτερική πολιτική του Ερντογάν σε σχέση με την Ελλάδα: Νεο-οθωμανισμός, ισλαμισμός και τουρκικό εθνικό συμφέρον.

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to examine and analyze the foreign policy of the Turkish leader, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in relation to Greece, during the period in which he is heading the Turkish foreign policy. More specifically, it studies how national identity is shaped, the way this is influenced by the various ideological currents that develop within the country over the years, and how this, in turn, influences the foreign policy formulation and the assertion of Turkish national interests. In particular, an attempt is made to examine the formation of Turkish national identity since the last period of the Ottoman Empire, then, during the period of the establishment of the Republic of Turkey (1923), the influence of Kemal Ataturk and of various political actors during the following years, in order finally to end up to the neo-Ottoman ideology that inspires Erdogan and guides his foreign policy. The paper examines Turkey's relationship with Greece with an emphasis given to Erdogan's governance, the differences between the two countries and the relevant tensions between them, as well as the Greek foreign policy, which is dictated by the concept of preservation of Greek sovereignty and Greek interests in the Aegean, based on International Law.