TURKISH MILITARY DRONES AND CREATING A STRONGER ROLE FOR TURKISH FOREIGN POLICY IN ITS REGION

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to understand how Turkish military armed drones create a stronger role for Turkish foreign policy. In recent years, Turkey has been able to be one of the pioneers in the field of manufacturing military drones and has proven its success and ability to solve wars. The study will analyze the role of Turkish military drones in conflicts such as in Libya, how the battle for Turkey’s ally was resolved in the reconciliation government, as well as its impact in Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict, and analyze its role in Idlib province on the Turkish border in response to a Syrian attack backed by Russia. It will also analyze the role of Turkish drones in its fight against terrorism with the PKK. The study aims to clarify and discover how Turkey plays stronger role in foreign policy through military drones, since every country tries to become the strongest and race to arm itself with modern weapons through which it can be in a position of sovereignty and power. In Realist Theory, as the realists see politics as a struggle, and every country must not trust any other country, even if it is an ally. In terms of methodology, the study is qualitative and uses a case study where it is important to study the case of Turkey and its development in the field of military drones, and the research also uses historical analysis where it is important to know how technology helped in military development, and the beginning of the use of military drones and how it has evolved over the years. Data will be collected from secondary and primary sources. Data will be collected from secondary sources by reviewing previous literature, documents, scientific research, and books. As for

primary sources, they will be collected through face-to-face interviews with experts in the field