No. 346: Mediation as a State Enterprise in Türkiye

Author(s): Ümit Seven
Editor(s): Névine Schepers
Series Editor(s): Névine Schepers
Series: CSS Analyses in Security Policy
Issue: 346
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2024

Türkiye’s geography and history, constructed as exceptional through decades of political discourse, enables Ankara to forge a distinctive state identity and position itself as an “in-between”. While this strategy opens the possibility for Ankara to play a mediating role in international conflicts, it also introduces a degree of ambiguity and unpredictability.

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Ankara’s Mediation Efforts Since 2010

Ankaras Vermittlungsbemühungen seit 2010