The paper uses some approaches to the study of geopolitical images of “Eurasia” in the main Turkish geopolitical concepts. From the whole variety of geopolitical thought of Turkey, left-democratic, pan-Turkic and neo-Ottomanist ideas were chosen, which uses and details “Eurasia” (or the space associated with continental Eurasia) and its spatial configuration. In the course of the study of geopolitical concepts, the key spatial and functional characteristics of the images of “Eurasia” were recorded and described, a list of map charts was drawn up, demonstrating the basic geopolitical ideas in Turkish geopolitical thought regarding the Eurasian geopolitical space. Based on the results of the analysis, various approaches to understanding the geopolitical “Eurasia” were revealed: political and territorial formations within the physical and geographical Eurasia; civilizational space; habitat of Turkic peoples; a Turkish-led political union space, on the basis of Marxist, ethno-cultural and other approaches. It is confirmed that the selected Turkish foreign policy ideologies minimally involve scientifically based principles of image formation, allowing to most fully consider geopolitical Eurasia as a space of all kinds of geopolitical relations between various state and non-state actors, i. e. distancing them as much as possible from the ideological “prisms” for the images.
Translated title of the contributionIMAGES OF “EURASIA” IN TURKISH GEOPOLITICAL THOUGHT
Original languageRussian
Title of host publicationПолитическая география и геополитика в России: исторический опыт и современность
Subtitle of host publicationМатериалы Международной научной конференции, посвященной 150-летию со дня рождения выдающегося российского географа В.П. Семёнова-Тян-Шанского. Санкт-Петербург, СПбГУ. 8–9 апреля 2021
EditorsНаталия Михеева, Николай Каледин, Константин Аксенов
Place of PublicationСПб.
PublisherИздательство «ВВМ»
Pages499-515
ISBN (Print)978-5-9651-1363-7
StatePublished - 2021
EventМеждународная конференция «Политическая география и
геополитика в России: исторический опыт и современность», посвященная 150-летию со дня рождения В.П. Семёнова-Тян-Шанского: посвященная 150-летию со дня рождения В.П. Семёнова-Тян-Шанского
- СПбГУ, Санкт-Петербург, Russian Federation
Duration: 8 Apr 20219 Apr 2021
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ConferenceМеждународная конференция «Политическая география и
геополитика в России: исторический опыт и современность», посвященная 150-летию со дня рождения В.П. Семёнова-Тян-Шанского
Country/TerritoryRussian Federation
CityСанкт-Петербург
Period8/04/219/04/21
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