Deciphering the Mediterranean Policy of France through the lens of Islamophobia, Populism, and Turkey

IF 0.6 Q3 POLITICAL SCIENCE

Insight Turkey Pub Date : 2021-02-28 DOI:10.25253/99.2021231.11

Galip Emre Yildirim

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France’s Mediterranean policy can be analyzed from a historical perspective and through the actual conjuncture related to its geopolitical and geo-cultural elements, such as the West-East civilization dilemma and colonization background. Although these two elements are complementary to each other, they intersect with the political and economic interests of the Turkish state in the region. France’s policy has become intertwined with its involvement in the Eastern Mediterranean dispute against Turkey as a result of the natural gas discovery in recent years in the region. France’s identification of Turkey as an ‘external enemy’ reflects the former’s political and economic concerns in regard to the Mediterranean gas reserves. Therefore, the envisaged French leadership in the region insists that the EU adopt an exclusionary political approach toward Turkey with the political and diplomatic support of France for Greece and Cyprus. The existing regional problems, however, need to be resolved on the basis of equity, not by ignoring the rights of the parties, but by integrating them. This is necessary for the peaceful resolution of these concerns

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从伊斯兰恐惧症、民粹主义和土耳其的视角解读法国的地中海政策

法国的地中海政策可以从历史的角度来分析，并通过与其地缘政治和地缘文化因素相关的实际结合点来分析，如东西方文明困境和殖民背景。虽然这两个因素相互补充，但它们与土耳其国家在该地区的政治和经济利益交织在一起。法国的政策已经与它卷入东地中海与土耳其的争端交织在一起，争端的起因是近年来该地区发现了天然气。法国将土耳其认定为“外部敌人”，反映了法国对地中海天然气储量的政治和经济担忧。因此，设想中的法国在该地区的领导地位坚持要求欧盟对土耳其采取排他性的政治方针，而法国则对希腊和塞浦路斯提供政治和外交支持。然而，现有的区域问题需要在公平的基础上加以解决，而不是忽视各方的权利，而是把它们结合起来。这对于和平解决这些关切是必要的

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Insight Turkey POLITICAL SCIENCE-

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0.70

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14.30%

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期刊介绍： Insight Turkey, a quarterly journal in circulation since 1999, is published by SETA Foundation for Political, Economic and Social Research under the editorship of Ihsan Dagi from the Middle East Technical University. Currently in its 12th volume, Insight Turkey covers a broad range of topics related to Turkish domestic and foreign policy, as well as its adjacent regions such as the Middle East, the Caucasus, the Balkans and Europe. As a peer-reviewed policy-oriented journal, Insight Turkey intends to present original thinking by knowledgeable observers both from Turkey and abroad and provide a forum for informed discussion on Turkish politics and foreign policy.