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    Rigid Boundaries Between Turkey and China: Is Political Mobility Possible?
    (Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2020-01-21) Yildirim, Nilgun Elikucuk; Eliküçük Yıldırım, Nilgün
    This article examines the rigid boundaries in relations between China and Turkey by applying social identity theory to international relations. It evaluates different networks of political alliance and external cultural-ethnic ties as rigid boundaries between the two countries. Turkey-China relations have been shaped by both inter-systemic and inter-state dynamics. Therefore, to show how social context and the permeability of social structure have affected the nature of bilateral relations, this article divides relations into two historical contexts of Cold War and post-Cold War periods. It concludes that it will be hard to go beyond rigid boundaries as long as each side has its own solutions to problems between the two countries.
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    Citation - WoS: 1
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    Silk Road Economic Belt as China's Eurasian Dream: Common Identity or Common Fear?
    (Ahmet Yesevi Univ, 2019-10-22) Yildirim, Nilgun Elikucuk; Eliküçük Yıldırım, Nilgün
    The Silk Road Economic Belt is the key component of China's Eurasian Pivot strategy. In this study, China's Eurasian Pivot is approached as a creativity strategy from the perspective of social identity theory. In order to succeed in its creativity strategy, China is trying to create a common in-group identity with the Silk Road Economic Belt countries through the Chinese Dream. However, the Chinese Dream is not perceived as a common identity by Central Asians and Uyghurs. While Central Asians respond China's economic presence in the region positively, they are afraid of demographic changes and cultural influences that Chinese migration will cause. Therefore, the Chinese Dream has been a common fear for Turkic societies along the Silk Road Economic Belt rather than common identity. This fear could be one of the most important factors that will prevent the success of China's Eurasian Pivot in the long run.