Fransa'nın Doğu Akdeniz Politikasını ve Türkiye İle Yaşanan Güncel Gerginlikleri Anlamak

Akdeniz’in kadim güçlerinden birisi olarak, Fransa, Emmanuel Macron’un Cumhurbaşkanlığı (2017-) döneminde Doğu Akdeniz’deki jeopolitik gelişmeler karşısında aktif politikalar uygulamaktadır. Bu politikalar, Türkiye ile Fransa arasında son dönemde bazı gerginliklere neden olmuştur. Bu çalışmada, Fransa’nın Doğu Akdeniz politikasının ana unsurları analiz edilerek, Fransa ile Türkiye arasında rekabete neden olan konular açıklanacaktır.

Understanding the Eastern Mediterranean Policy of France and Recent Tensions with Turkey

As one of the ancient powers of the Mediterranean, France has been implementing active policies in recent years in response to geopolitical developments in the Eastern Mediterranean region under Emmanuel Macron’s Presidency (2017-). These policies recently caused some political problems between France and Turkey. In this piece, main elements of French policy towards Eastern Mediterranean will be analyzed and issues that cause competition between France and Turkey will be revealed.

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