[Bilimsel Haber] Call for Papers on Contentious Politics and Diverging Interests of American-Turkish Relations ­ International Studies Association 2012, April 1-4. San Diego, CA

[Tugrul Keskin]

Call for Papers ­ International Studies Association 2012, April 1-4.  San
Diego, CA 
 
(Tentative) Session/Panel Title:
Contentious Politics and Diverging Interests of American-Turkish Relations
 
 
Organizers: Joshua Hendrick (Loyola University of Maryland)
                    Tugrul Keskin (Portland State University)
 
Dear all, 
 
We are in the process of organizing a panel for the 2012 International
Studies Association annual meetings in San Diego, CA, April 1-4.  The
tentative title is Contentious Politics and Diverging Interests of
American-Turkish Relations. We hope to organize a panel that addresses the
rather simplistic but common assertion (in both Turkey and the US) that
American-Turkish relations are suffering from a slow increase in tension and
mutual mistrust based on their currently diverging interests.
Notwithstanding, it is our belief that as scholars we must seriously
consider the findings of an annual Pew Research Poll that focuses on
international perceptions of the US in general, which found that between
2002 and 2010, no more than 30 percent of the Turkish population reported
that they had ³favorable² views of their US allies. This number reached an
all-time low of 9 percent in 2007, only to climb back to 17 percent in 2010.
The multifaceted political relationship between the US and Turkey began in
the late 1940s with the increasing social conservativism trend in Turkey, at
the time when the Democrat Party came to power. On the American side, the US
created a program of military exchange with the Turkish Military in the
early 1950s. In early 1960, the US created the Peace Corps and Fulbright
programs, and Turkey was one of the most important destinations for American
scholars and Peace Corps volunteers. This trend of increased American
involvement in Turkish domestic and foreign policy has shaped the approach
of the Turkish elite, including military and political circles; towards one
which leans more towards American interests, rather than Turkish
nation-state based interests. However, this strategic ³alliance² is starting
to crumble, as a result of the collapse of the Soviet Union and due to
changes in US national security interests and activities following September
11th. 
 
At the same time, however, we also think that it is important to discuss the
fact that the middle of the 1990s was also a time period when more Turks
came to the US to study, work, and travel than ever before, and when the US
Fulbright Program to Turkey expanded to become the largest and most
well-funded country program of its kind for US students, teachers, and
professors to visit a foreign country for the purposes of cultural exchange.
Indeed, as the world¹s 17th largest economy, as representing one of the
world¹s most powerful collection of armed forces, and as a national culture
that is increasingly more determined to reclaim its influence as a global
force, this panel is founded upon the thesis that not since the 17th century
has the reach of Turkish production, Turkish culture, and Turkish diplomacy
extended as far, and had as much of an impact, as it does today.
 
The organizers of this panel are interested in bringing together a
multidisciplinary selection of conference papers that seek to address how
Turkey¹s 21st emergence as an economically powerful, politically stable,
militarily mighty, and culturally ambitious nation affects one or more
aspects of Turkey¹s relationship with the US (i.e., political, civil-social,
economic, and/or cultural).  We are particularly interested in papers that
pay careful attention to on the ground politics in the rapidly changing
Turkish context.  
 
Possible areas of research and study include, but are not limited to, the
following:
 
·      The historical formation of the US-Turkey relations
·      The historical formation of the American-Turkish military relations
·      Influence of the Peace Corps and Fulbright programs on US-Turkey
relations
·      Influence of NED, NDI, IRI, and other US institutions on Turkish
Domestic politics
·      Transformations between ³old² and ³new² economic ties (i.e., actors,
processes, 
            institutions)
·      The ³Turkish lobby² in the US (old v. new)
·      The ³Israel-factor² in US-Turkey Relations
·      The ³Armenian factor² in US-Turkey Relations
·      The ³Kurdish factor² in US-Turkey Relations
·      The ³Global War on Terror² and US-Turkey Relations
·      The rise of AKP - how the policies of ³strategic depth² affect
US-Turkey relations
·      Turks in the US, Americans in Turkey: Intercultural exchange,
cross-cultural 
(mis) understanding
 
Please send 250-300 word abstracts and a short one paragraph bio to Tugrul
Keskin (tugrulkeskin at pdx.edu) and Joshua Hendrick (hendrick at uoregon.edu)
 
Deadline: May 25, 2011
 


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