%0 Journal Article
%T TURKEY'S EFFORTS OF STEERING INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS TO THE CRISIS IN THE PROCESS OF YUGOSLAVIA'S DISINTEGRATION
%A £¿nan YILDIRIMLIDAL
%J -
%D 2018
%X This study investigates Turkey¡¯s responses and initiatives to the crisis of the Balkans, one of the most important regions in Turkish foreign policy agenda, in the 1990s before international organizations. In this study, firstly, the historical and cultural ties of Turkey with the Balkans were examined and the disintegration process of Yugoslavia was investigated as a historical case. The crisis has become an event that should be included by Turkey as an international actor because of historical and cultural ties between Turkey and the region, economic relations and closeness between peoples. Turkey first of all has involved to the events with policy towards the preservation of Yugoslavia¡¯s territorial integrity, when the fragmentation becomes inevitable; the policy shifted to direction of security and independence of people, notably Bosnian, in the region and end up of the conflict. The most distinct characteristic feature of Turkey¡¯s initiatives is to call attention to international organizations such as notably the UN, NATO, the EU and the OIC. When Turkey¡¯s attempts examined, the position of Turkey in the organization in which the attempts has been made has increased to be effective in the results of these attempts. As a result, it was understood that, the efforts for increasing her diplomatic influence before international organizations such as Turkey¡¯s membership of the UN Security Council and full membership of the EU should continue to be one of the main goals of Turkish foreign policy. Keywords: Yugoslavia, Balkans, Civil War, United Nations, NATO, Turkish Foreign Policy
%K Yugoslavya
%K Balkanlar
%K Birle£¿mi£¿ Milletler
%K NATO
%K £¿£¿ Sava£¿
%K Tš¹rk D£¿£¿ Politikas£¿
%U http://dergipark.org.tr/deusosbil/issue/39608/327744