Türkiye’s Quest for Strategic Autonomy: Systemic Adjustment or Civilisational Reorientation?
Abstract Türkiye’s search for strategic autonomy cannot be understood simply as a pragmatic response to multipolarity, declining Western primacy or the rise of new power centres. The ruling elite, led by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has used the discourse of autonomy to distance Türkiye from the normative, political...