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- Factors Affecting Post-Apartheid South African Foreign Policy: South Africa-Türkiye Relations
Factors Affecting Post-Apartheid South African Foreign Policy: South Africa-Türkiye Relations
Authors : Gokhan Kahraman
Pages : 1935-1950
Doi:10.21547/jss.1612497
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Publication Date : 2025-10-30
Article Type : Research Paper
Abstract :Foreign policy and decision-making approaches in international relations are closely related issues. Decision-making approaches serve as an important lens in understanding the background of foreign policy decisions. This study explains the foreign policy of the Republic of South Africa after the apartheid regime, which was officially overthrown in 1994, and South Africa’s relations with Türkiye through leaders, state and non-state institutions, using Graham Allison’s decision-making models. For South Africa, Türkiye has the largest trade volume among Central and Eastern European countries. Türkiye did not establish diplomatic relations with South Africa until the end of apartheid practices based on racial discrimination. However, after the collapse of the apartheid-based regime in South Africa, relations between the two countries could not be brought to the desired level. This article analyses the factors that have affected post-Apartheid South African policy, and more specifically, how these factors affected the post-Apartheid South Africa-Türkiye relations, in the context of Allison’s foreign policy decision-making models. The study adopted a qualitative research method and utilized the statements of official institutions as well as published documents, reports and news articles. The main research question of this study is how South African decision-makers make decisions regarding foreign policy and how these decisions are reflected in relations with Türkiye. In addition, this research examines the active actors in South African foreign policy and the impact of these actors on relations with Türkiye.Keywords : South African Foreign Policy, Decision-making Models, South Africa-Turkey Relations, Africa, Foreign Policy Analysis.
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