POLI 341 Chapter : The Rise of Neo-Ottomaism

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1turkish identity and foreign policy in flux: the rise of neo-ottomanism. Modern turkish identity is contested, the belief that it"s a range between being western or islamically oriented, others saying it"s a country torn apart incorporating aspects of both civilizations. Most discussions fail to recognize the impact of ottoman-islamic sources on turkish nationhood. Article seeks to deconstruct the assumed causal relationship between identity and interest by arguing that the interactions between the local and the global are context specific and reciprocal. Identity is a frame of reference within which the social and political environment is both recognizable and discernible. National interests can be defined as those concerns and commitments derived from the cognitive map of identity by political and cultural elites to protect and promote a national self in relation to perceived others . Identities do not directly mould interest but rather help to determine the content of national interest and the underlying concept of the political.

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