Turkey’s Libya Policy: Achievements and Challenges
Yıl: 2020 Cilt: 22 Sayı: 4 Sayfa Aralığı: 41 - 54 Metin Dili: İngilizce DOI: 10.25253/99.2020224.03 İndeks Tarihi: 26-07-2022
Turkey’s Libya Policy: Achievements and Challenges
Öz: Libya has been witnessing a long and destructive civil war
since the fall of Qaddafi in 2011. While countries like the United
Arab Emirates, Egypt and France have an extremely damaging role
in Libya, Turkey and Qatar has been trying to focus on ending the
conflict and establishing a stable democratic country. Hafter’s invasion
attempt, supported by the UAE and Egypt, failed as a result of
Turkey’s intervention. In this regard, it would be correct to say that
the peace process and political dialogue has only become possible
with Turkey’s involvement in the Libyan equation. In Libya, where
tribal ties are already effective, and centralization is weak, long-term
conflicts have deeply shaken social cohesion. Furthermore, international
actors have remained uninterested in Libya or preferred to fuel
the problem rather than solve it. All of these factors, made it difficult
for Turkey to implement its plans in Libya. Nevertheless, both Libya
and Turkey have achieved major gains since the beginning of the
year. In this context, this study aims to underscore the challenges of
aforementioned process and consequently acquisitions of both sides.
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