DİPLOMASİ - Deneme Sınavı - 9

I.Turkey is defined as the crown jewel in geopolitical power struggles among external actors.

II.Open discussion of diplomatic and foreign policy issues before the public is generally seen as risky in Turkish diplomacy. 

III.Turkey totally distanced itself away from Ottoman legacy.

IV.  Joining NATO should be understood as an effort of Turkey to achieve its security interests through alliance politics.

I.The quality of Turkey’s relations with European allies have begun to be much more dependent on the pace of Turkey’s accession process with the European Union.

II. The collapse of the Soviet Union and the gradual amelioration in European security feeling helped dilute NATO’s primacy as a European security organization.

III. The Middle East, Balkans and Caucasus have started to become less important in the context of Turkey’s security.

IV.Turkey’s security began to be increasingly affected by the developments taking place in non-European geographies.

I.Turkey’s relations with Russia have dramatically improved as Turkey has gradually left the NATO-centered.

II.Turkey and Iran are supporting different constituencies in Iraq and Syria, as a reslt of which their cooperation terminated in other areas in their interests.

III.To AKP governments, Turkey should be defined as a central country, suggesting that Turkish rulers adopt a Turkey-centric worldview in defining national interests and policies. 

IV.Turkey’s main objective has been to prevent the transformation process of NATO from negatively affecting its relations with its neighbors as well as the positive perception of Turkey in the Islamic world.