International Conference on Eurasian Economies

1-3 July 2014 – Skopje, MACEDONIA

Paper detail

Paper ID : 975
Status : Paper published
Language : Turkish
Topic : International Trade and Globalization
Presenter: Ph.D. candidate Tevfik Orçun Özgün
Session : 5B Uluslararası İlişkiler

Turkey-Macedonia Relations from Cultural and Historical Perspective
Tarihi ve Kültürel Perspektifte Türkiye-Makedonya İlişkileri

• Ph.D. candidate Tevfik Orçun Özgün (Hacettepe University, Türkiye)
• Ph.D. candidate Onur Koçak (Başkent University, Türkiye)

Abstract

Balkans can be defined as a region which had been under different cultures’ and civilizations’ reign, and experienced different nations, religions and cultures. It is likely possible to see the effects of these multicultural and multinational structure on international politics and economy. In that sense, Macedonia is inevitably placed in an important point for Balkan and Ottoman history, and even for international politics. It is very possible to see Turkish influence on Macedonia, which -ruled by Ottoman for 542 years- has gained its independence, as a result of disintegration of Yugoslavia in 1991.When we take a look at condensing political and economic relations between Macedonia and Turkey, the effect of shared cultural and historical heritage on regional and wide economic development and cooperation can be seen with no huge effort. From that point of view, Ottoman Empire’s historical, sociological and cultural effect on sustainable and improvable economic relations are a topic of discussion. If we focus on the changing balance in Europe, resulted by disintegration of Yugoslavia, and developing approaches towards Macedonia, Turkey’s relations with Greece and other regional countries become very important, which are still being operated in terms of development and sustaining. In this study, Turkey’s attitude in recognition of Macedonia, and structure of Turkic population in Macedonia will be inspected and from Macedonia perspective, international politics and economic cooperation will be examined with historical, political and cultural emphasis.

JEL codes: E43, F02, F13

Özgün, Tevfik Orçun, Koçak, Onur (2014). "Turkey-Macedonia Relations from Cultural and Historical Perspective" in Proceedings of International Conference of Eurasian Economies 2014, pp.362-366, Skopje, MACEDONIA.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.36880/C05.00975

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Session 5B: Uluslararası İlişkiler