Avetik Harutyunyan
vol. IX(2)
Pages 30-50
Abstract: Based on an investigation of the relevant legal documents,
this article analyzes the scope of authority of the following state
institutions in foreign policy decision-making in the Republic of
Turkey: the president, the Grand National Assembly, the Council of
Ministers (together with the Prime Minister and Ministry of Foreign
Affairs), the National Security Council (along with the Armed Forces),
and the Security and Foreign Policy Council (from 2018). It traces the
development of the legal framework concerning the powers and duties
of these institutions from the establishment of the Republic to the
present and elaborates on its impact on the level of their involvement in
foreign policy decision-making in various political circumstances and
time periods. The article argues that after the establishment of the
Republic, sufficient legal framework was gradually developed to make
foreign policy decision-making in Turkey more pluralistic with several
state institutions included in the process, while the constitutional
changes of 2017, on the contrary, were meant to centralize foreign
policy decision-making powers around the President and his office.
Keywords: Turkish foreign policy; decision-making in Turkey; foreign
policy decision-making; decision-making actors
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