A critical perspective on the vicious cycle of improvement and deterioration in Greek-Turkish relations Provides trends of securitisation and desecuritisation to present the political nature of securitisation by either the military bureaucrats or civilian authorities. Analyses the speech acts to understand the influence of the securitising actors in Turkish foreign policy and provides invaluable insight into Turkey's securitisation and desecuritisation of Greece. Argues that the rapprochement process in Turkish-Greek relations paved the way for desecuritisation in Turkish foreign policy, and the best way to explain this period is to use the 'change through stability' form of desecuritisation suggested by Hansen. The relationship with Greece has always been at the forefront in determining Turkish foreign policy. This book focuses broadly on the main issues of contention between Turkey and Greece, and analyses Turkey's policies towards Greece, based on the securitisation framework and focusing on the discourse of elites in the post-Cold War period. It inquires how, by whom and the extent to which Turkish foreign policy has securitised and de-securitised Greece. Focusing on an extensive discourse analysis of statements from Turkish elites including the president, prime minister, minister of foreign affairs, chief of general staff and the secretary general of the National Security Council Cihan Dizdaro?lu presents a fresh and critical examination of the foreign policy Turkey enacts regarding Greece. Considering the contemporary geopolitical issues such as competition over the Eastern Mediterranean, the ongoing deadlock in Cyprus, Turkey's involvement in Libya as well as the emergence of new tension in the Aegean Sea, Greek-Turkish relations will continue to be a critical subject of international relations.

About the Author
Dr Cihan Dizdaro?lu is an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at Ba?kent University and Associate Fellow at the Istanbul Political Research Institute IstanPol. He previously worked as a Marie-Curie fellow (2018-2020) at the Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations (CTPSR) at Coventry University and a lecturer (2018-2021) in the in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at Kadir Has University. He served as the Director (2017-2018) of the Center for Turkish Studies at Kadir Has University and as the Project Coordinator (2009-2018) to the International Relations Council of Turkey. He also serves as the associate editor of the Journal of Uluslararas? ?li?kiler (International Relations). Dr Dizdaro?lu holds PhD in International Relations from Kadir Has University. His academic interests include Critical Peace and Conflict Studies, Youth and Peacebuilding, Critical Security Studies, Cyprus problem, Turkish foreign policy particularly Turkish-EU relations and Turkish-Greek relations.

Reviews
"Looking at Greek-Turkish ties from the perspective of securitisation / desecuritisation, the book presents an up-to-date summary of one of the most intractable and multi-faceted conflictual relationships of recent history. This will be an indispensable companion for students, specialists and connoisseurs of international relations, conflict analysis and Greek and Turkish studies." -Mustafa Ayd?n, Kadir Has University, Istanbul and President, International Relations Council of Turkey



Book Information
ISBN 9781474492102
Author Cihan Dizdaro?lu
Format Hardback
Page Count 208
Imprint Edinburgh University Press
Publisher Edinburgh University Press