The Quest for Regional Leadership: Constructed Revisionism and Türkiye's South Caucasus Policy (2002-2024)

Natalia Sharova; Ronen A. Cohen

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The Quest for Regional Leadership: Constructed Revisionism and Türkiye's South Caucasus Policy (2002-2024)

Natalia Sharova
, Ronen A. Cohen

Middle Eastern Studies

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Abstract

This paper claims that, being part of the post-Ottoman area, the South Caucasus supports Türkiye in its revisionist aspirations and in forming the great power's identity. Recent wars in Nagorno-Karabakh have also allowed Türkiye to become a new actor in the conflict-resolution process in the region. This study examines Türkiye's revisionist foreign policy in the South Caucasus, employing a constructivist framework mixed with the realist term 'revisionism' to analyse the implementation of Türkiye's revisionism through its military, cultural and religious aspects.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3589-3608
Number of pages	20
Journal	Journal of Asian and African Studies
Volume	61
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/00219096251380754
State	Published - Jun 2026

Keywords

South Caucasus
Turkish foreign policy
Turkish identity
constructivism
revisionism

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