Turkey Involvement in Libyan Civil War Under the Government of Recep Tayyip Erdogan 2019-2020

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10.2991/aebmr.k.220209.059How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Turkey; Libyan Conflict; Foreign Policy; GNA; LNA

Abstract

Amid the COVID-19 pandemic sweeping the world, the internal conflict in Libya has escalated as the country’s rival powers reject the UN’s call for a ‘global ceasefire’. Troops loyal to Khalifa Haftar are stepping up attacks on the country’s cities. To counter the attacks of Khalifa Haftar who led the Libyan National Army (LNA), Turkey, as the main supporter of the Government of National Accord (GNA), began deploying its military to areas controlled by the LNA. This study tries to explain Turkey’s involvement in the Libyan internal conflict in 2019-2020. The theoretical approach in this study uses a foreign policy approach that explains the role of various elements in shaping a country’s foreign policy. The results found in this paper indicate that the Turkish Government decided its involvement in the internal Libyan conflict in 2019-2020 based on the domestic political conditions controlled by the AKP, the interests of creating stability and securing Turkey’s economy in Libya, and Turkey’s ambition to expand its influence in the Eastern Mediterranean. In addition, this study opens a wide space as a form of better development in the future.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Vivi Ida Fajarini
AU  - Muhammad Zahrul Anam
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/03/01
TI  - Turkey Involvement in Libyan Civil War Under the Government of Recep Tayyip Erdogan 2019-2020
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Public Organization (ICONPO 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 461
EP  - 472
SN  - 2352-5428
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/aebmr.k.220209.059
DO  - 10.2991/aebmr.k.220209.059
ID  - Fajarini2022
ER  -