CIAO DATE: 02/2014
Volume: 10, Issue: 38
Summer 2013
Table of Contents (PDF)
Tarihsel Sosyoloji ve Uluslararası İlişkiler: Jeopolitik, Kapitalizm ve Devletler Sistemi (PDF)
Faruk YALVAÇ
Historical Sociology and International Relations: Geopolitics, Capitalism and State System
This article attempts to critically adress the development of the relation between historical sociology and international relations theory. It evaluates the main stages of the historical sociological approaches in IR and the main issues of contention. Historical sociological approaches to IR have evolved from a Weberian stage in 1970s and 80s to a point where it is heavily dominated by historical materialist approaches today. The focus of these debates is to develop a historical materialist undersanding of the “international” so far dominated by ahistorical and positivist conceptions. The article discusses the relation between capitalism and the state system and the concept of uneven and combined development (UCD) as the major points of discussion within the historical materialist historical sociology. The article concludes by adressing some of the crucial issues of contention for the future development of a historical sociological analysis of IR.
Terörizmle Mücadelede Görüşmeler (PDF)
Cenker Korhan DEMİR
Talks in Countering Terrorism
Talking to terrorists in countering terrorism is an attractive and mostly applied instrument for governments. Although commencing and continuing the talking process requires hard effort, it couldn’t achieve its aims completely. However, many efforts end with total failure. It has stated in literature that majority of the talks between government and terrorist groups include almost only ethnic separatist groups which have tangible political goals and greater longevity. It is discussed in the article whether the talking to terrorists is an useful instrument in countering terrorism, and if it is so, when and how it could be employed for efficient results. The cases of PIRA, ETA, and LTTE have been scrutinized in order to reach the article’s aims. It is found that the talking to terrorists is helpful in a comprehensive and long run countering terrorism policy, but it is not useful to lessen the terrorism threat immediately and by itself.
Berrin KOYUNCU-LORASDAĞI
Since the mid-2000s, the complex relationship between migration and religion (Islam) at the axis of identity politics in Western Europe has received an increasing academic attention.This article, based on the first-hand data gathered through semi-structured in-depth interviews with 30 headscarf-wearing Dutch students of Turkish origins in Amsterdam, aims to explore the quest for the recognition of new Muslim woman identity with the headscarf in the Dutch context in the aftermath of 9/11 and the murder of the film director Theo van Gogh in 2004 by disassociating Islam and Turkish culture and themselves as “conscious and active believers” from traditional firstgeneration Turkish women. The contention is that in the process of ethnicization of Islam in the Netherlands, the headscarf is the main statement through which newly emerging identity politics of the headscarved Muslim Dutch students of Turkish origin in Amsterdam is expressed.
Chong-Jin OH, Young-Gil CHAE
This study aims to understand the factors and actors of Hallyu (Korean Wave) in Turkey in the context of the characteristic cultural and technological conditions of network society. Two contextual factors -time and space- motivate this particular case study. While the consumption of Korean pop cultural products in European countries has noticeably increased, few studies were conducted on Hallyu in the European continent. Especially, network media technologies including blog, SNS, and various online communication platforms enable the international fans to consume Korean cultural products across the time and spatial barriers. In addition, this case study is also interesting because of the shared historical and cultural heritages maintaining and developing cultural linkages between South Korea and Turkey. Thus, this study contextualizes the Hallyu phenomenon in the context of historical, cultural, and technological relations between the two countries.
Özlem DEMİRTAŞ-BAGDONAS
This article seeks to complement the ideological and rationalist accounts of the deterioration of Turkish-Israeli relations in the last decade by focusing on the role of honor politics in exacerbating the tension between Turkey and Israel. Claims to “greatness” and/or “exceptionalism” have made both countries very sensitive to humiliation, while their reciprocal gestures defying each other’s claimed authority and superiority have further aggravated the tensions. Both countries’ desire to place themselves on a higher moral plane and preoccupation with national honor, although it was accentuated differently and gained varying degrees of public resonance in each country, have made it increasingly difficult for both Turkey and Israel to reach a compromise.