TY - JOUR
T1 - Turkish leaders and their foreign policy decision-making style
T2 - a comparative and multi-method perspective
AU - Çuhadar, Esra
AU - Kaarbo, Juliet
AU - Kesgin, Barış
AU - Özkeçeci-Taner, Binnur
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Using both quantitative and qualitative research techniques, we investigate the effect of leaders’ style and personality on foreign policy. The study examines six Turkish leaders, Süleyman Demirel, Bülent Ecevit, Necmettin Erbakan, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Abdullah Gül, and Turgut Özal, and 18 foreign policy cases to answer the following questions: do Turkish leaders differ from each other in terms of their personality traits and styles?; how did their styles affect their foreign policy choices?; and how did they react to various domestic and international constraints they encountered in cases of foreign policy? Our findings suggest that: (a) in terms of their personality traits, Turkish leaders do not collectively fit in one category; (b) there are some stark differences among our six leaders, although some leaders are more similar to each other than others in terms of their personality traits and styles; (c) these differences were observable in the foreign policy decisions they made.
AB - Using both quantitative and qualitative research techniques, we investigate the effect of leaders’ style and personality on foreign policy. The study examines six Turkish leaders, Süleyman Demirel, Bülent Ecevit, Necmettin Erbakan, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Abdullah Gül, and Turgut Özal, and 18 foreign policy cases to answer the following questions: do Turkish leaders differ from each other in terms of their personality traits and styles?; how did their styles affect their foreign policy choices?; and how did they react to various domestic and international constraints they encountered in cases of foreign policy? Our findings suggest that: (a) in terms of their personality traits, Turkish leaders do not collectively fit in one category; (b) there are some stark differences among our six leaders, although some leaders are more similar to each other than others in terms of their personality traits and styles; (c) these differences were observable in the foreign policy decisions they made.
KW - foreign policy analysis
KW - leadership
KW - leadership trait analysis
KW - Turkish foreign policy
KW - Turkish leaders
U2 - 10.1080/14683849.2020.1724511
DO - 10.1080/14683849.2020.1724511
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85079223956
SN - 1468-3849
VL - 22
SP - 1
EP - 27
JO - Turkish Studies
JF - Turkish Studies
IS - 1
ER -