Manchester University Press
5 Not going to Turkey
Abstract
Russian and Turkish interests have collided on the issue of support for the Assad regime in Syria, especially following the downing of a Russian fighter jet on 24 November 2015 by the Turkish army in the Jabal Turkmen region of the Syrian province of Latakia, an area contested by Syrian government troops and rebel forces. After “waiting in vain for the Turkish President to apologize,” Russian President Putin announced a number of sanctions against Turkey, including suspending a visa-free travel policy, sanctioning Turkish companies, and banning food imports. These actions were met with a flurry of grassroots responses including the cancelation of vacations (#notgoingtoTurkey), a boycott of Turkish products, and the disparagement of Russian women married to Turkish nationals. The anti-Turkish sentiment is also a part of a much deeper anti-migration and xenophobic sentiment related to a racialization of people from the Caucasus and the Middle East as “Black,” drawing on the history of Russian–Turkish wars.
Abstract
Russian and Turkish interests have collided on the issue of support for the Assad regime in Syria, especially following the downing of a Russian fighter jet on 24 November 2015 by the Turkish army in the Jabal Turkmen region of the Syrian province of Latakia, an area contested by Syrian government troops and rebel forces. After “waiting in vain for the Turkish President to apologize,” Russian President Putin announced a number of sanctions against Turkey, including suspending a visa-free travel policy, sanctioning Turkish companies, and banning food imports. These actions were met with a flurry of grassroots responses including the cancelation of vacations (#notgoingtoTurkey), a boycott of Turkish products, and the disparagement of Russian women married to Turkish nationals. The anti-Turkish sentiment is also a part of a much deeper anti-migration and xenophobic sentiment related to a racialization of people from the Caucasus and the Middle East as “Black,” drawing on the history of Russian–Turkish wars.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Front matter i
- Dedication v
- Contents vii
- List of figures viii
- List of interviews x
- Preface xi
- Acknowledgments xv
- Introduction 1
- 1 Theory and methodology of everyday foreign policy 8
- 2 Cult of personality 23
- 3 Militarization 39
- 4 Sanction me this 57
- 5 Not going to Turkey 71
- 6 Trump’s the man 84
- 7 World Cup 101
- 8 The COVID-19 pandemic 115
- Conclusion 131
- Bibliography 141
- Index 175
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Front matter i
- Dedication v
- Contents vii
- List of figures viii
- List of interviews x
- Preface xi
- Acknowledgments xv
- Introduction 1
- 1 Theory and methodology of everyday foreign policy 8
- 2 Cult of personality 23
- 3 Militarization 39
- 4 Sanction me this 57
- 5 Not going to Turkey 71
- 6 Trump’s the man 84
- 7 World Cup 101
- 8 The COVID-19 pandemic 115
- Conclusion 131
- Bibliography 141
- Index 175
