Trading State and Reflections of Foreign Policy: Evidence from Turkish Foreign Policy

This study's main objective is making contribution to cover in methodical gap in literature arises from “trading state” perspective about transformation of Turkish foreign policy during last periods. The question about how much does this transformation make Turkish state structure similar to “trading state” model is answered by evaluating macro economical governance approach and transformations at foreign policy making area simultaneously. Firstly, theoretical introduction about “trading state” concept and its relations with foreign policy will be mentioned. Then, historical transformation line of Turkey's political economy after 1980's will be evaluated due to both economic growth and human-social development aspects particularly and opportunities and threats created by this historical background to “trading state” will be mentioned. After that, increase at interaction of macro and micro economic policy making and foreign policy process will be underlined and general evaluation of both policies during last years of AK Party government will be done. At the last chapter, four axis (from inflationary interventionism to sustainable growth; from macro-economic governance to micro economic governance, from extensive interventionism to strategically aiming; from welfare state to efficiency) mentioned at “trading state” literature and an extra axis added to theoretical frame – foreign policy axis (from geostrategic and security to economical competition) will be evaluated by its all details related with how much Turkey can be a “trading state” with global vision.