Between defeating the warlord and defending the blue homeland: a discourse of legitimacy and security in Turkey's Libya policy

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dc.contributor.authorOzsahin, M. Cuneyt
dc.contributor.authorCakmak, Cenap
dc.date.accessioned2024-02-23T14:20:19Z
dc.date.available2024-02-23T14:20:19Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.departmentNEÜen_US
dc.description.abstractThis article seeks to explain Turkey's critical engagement in the partially internationalised conflict in Libya by relying on a discourse analysis of Turkish political elites. Drawing on thematic discourse analysis, the authors argue that these elites utilise, in the way in which they communicate to the external audience (the international community), a discourse of legitimacy by which they lend political support for the UN-recognised government, and declare the General Khalifa Haftar-led forces, its opponents, as illegitimate. Secondly, Turkish foreign policy elites express their commitment to preserving national security interests in the Mediterranean, thereby justifying Turkish involvement in the conflict via a security-laden discourse addressed to the internal audience (the local constituents). Legal disputes, regarding the delimitation of maritime boundaries has served as the basis for Turkey's rapprochement with the Government of the National Accord (GNA), led by Fayez al-Sarraj, and its staunch opposition to the Libyan National Army (LNA), commanded by Haftar since the web of intricate relations in the region relevant to such disputes requires the conclusion of bilateral agreements between the governments.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/09557571.2022.2089545
dc.identifier.endpage102en_US
dc.identifier.issn0955-7571
dc.identifier.issn1474-449X
dc.identifier.issue1en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85132701540en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1en_US
dc.identifier.startpage79en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1080/09557571.2022.2089545
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12452/13119
dc.identifier.volume37en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000815805900001en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ3en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherRoutledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltden_US
dc.relation.ispartofCambridge Review Of International Affairsen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subject[Keyword Not Available]en_US
dc.titleBetween defeating the warlord and defending the blue homeland: a discourse of legitimacy and security in Turkey's Libya policyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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