Navigating the Tides of Change: Turkey’s Quest for United Nations Membership and the New World Order
Uluslararasi Iliskiler, cilt.22, sa.86, ss.87-104, 2025 (SSCI, Scopus, TRDizin)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 22 Sayı: 86
- Basım Tarihi: 2025
- Doi Numarası: 10.33458/uidergisi.1649431
- Dergi Adı: Uluslararasi Iliskiler
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, IBZ Online, Historical Abstracts, Index Islamicus, Political Science Complete, vLex, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.87-104
- Anahtar Kelimeler: United Nations, New World Order, Modern Turkish History, Turkish Political Elites, The Second World War
- Açık Arşiv Koleksiyonu: AVESİS Açık Erişim Koleksiyonu
- Boğaziçi Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
This paper aims to shed light into Turkey’s political and diplomatic history by focusing on its efforts to joithe United Nations (UN). The search for a new political system in Turkey coincided with the global quesfor a new world order, initiated by the UN’s four founding members during the Second World War. Aftea brief discussion on the making of the UN and its predecessors, the paper delves into Turkey’s positioduring the war, followed by an analysis of the ruling elites’ perceptions as reflected in parliamentardebates and the contemporary national press coverage. Furthermore, the paper evaluates the influencof UN membership on the emergence of a multi-party system in Turkey and discusses how and why thchange of the global political climate contributed to the transformation of the Turkish political system.