Prelude to Cooperation: Saadabad Pact and Dyadic Costs

Tür:

Kitap Bölümü

Yazar:

Mehmet Akif Kumral

Yayın yılı:

2016

Yayıncı:

Palgrave Macmillan US

Dil:

en

This chapter looks at formation of Turkish–Iraqi relations in the inter-war period. The Saadabad Pact of 1937 is taken as the central event of this episode. By examining contextual–discursive dynamics, one can observe that Ankara remained ambivalent in between ontology of dyadic utility and rhetoric of regional prestige. This reasoning did feed the context of partial cooperation. Neither international (Italian–German) nor domestic (Kurdish) threat perceptions could constitute a substantial reason for Turkey to pursue a cooperation endeavor dubbed as Oriental Entente (Şark Misakı). In addition to dyadic economic utility (export of goods–import of oil), Ankara was in search of a regional leverage to support its annexation position over Hatay. Preservation of a friendly regime in Baghdad would help Ankara to counter defiance of Damascus on Hatay issue. The sudden fall of pro-Turkish regime in Baghdad exposed paradoxes of partial cooperation in this pact episode.

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