TY  - JOUR
TI  - Ontological Insecurity, Anxiety, and Hubris: An Affective Account of Turkey-KRG Relations
AB  - Given Iraqi Kurds’ special place in Turkey’s ‘biographical narrative’, Turkey-Iraqi Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) relations are not simply strategic or economic but also highly affectively charged. These relations involve emotional encounters filled with anxiety, pride, anger, and disappointment that generate concerns for not only Turkey’s physical security but also its ontological security. This paper traces the emotional context of TurkeyKRG relationship. It suggests that a combination of Turkey’s deep-rooted ‘anxiety’ and ‘hubris’ toward the Iraqi Kurds prevented the emergence of a close partnership between these two actors and fostered merely a ‘fragile rapprochement’ since 2008.
AU  - Kayhan Pusane, Ozlem
AU  - ILGIT, ASLI
DO  - 10.33458/uidergisi.1085441
PY  - 2022
JO  - Uluslararası İlişkiler
VL  - 19
IS  - 73
SN  - 1304-7310
SP  - 99
EP  - 115
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/1069143
ER  -