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The fifth chapter will examine the framework of the foreign policy of the CHP by comparing and contrasting his foreign policy vision vis-à-vis Erdoğan. Four areas are relevant to the discussion, for comparing Kılıçdaroğlu’s positions with those of Erdoğan: Turkish relations with the Western powers, especially with the European Union, Turkey’s relations with Russia; Turkey’s relations with the Turkic world and the Eurasian diaspora and its position as a regional power, and Turkey’s relations with Middle East countries.
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Yavuz, M.H., Öztürk, A.E. (2023). Kılıçdaroğlu’s Foreign Policy. In: Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu and the New Republican People’s Party in Turkey. Reform and Transition in the Mediterranean. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-36766-3_5
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