Ortadoğu’da ülkeselliğin ve kimliğin sorunsallaştırılması Irak örneği.

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Tezin Türü: Yüksek Lisans

Tezin Yürütüldüğü Kurum: Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi, İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi, Uluslararası İlişkiler Bölümü, Türkiye

Tezin Onay Tarihi: 2015

Tezin Dili: İngilizce

Öğrenci: Ömer Faruk Topal

Danışman: MEHMET FATİH TAYFUR

Özet:

This thesis analyzes the role of territory in the formation of the national identity and state sovereignty. In particular it seeks to address territory’s place on the formation of state and national identity in Iraq. It examines the historical development of the territoriality, territorially-bounded state and territory-inspired nationalism in the Middle East and in Iraq. The thesis argues that state territoriality is a socially constructed, deconstructed and reconstructed and it is affected by and shaper of human actions and consciousness. Focusing on the transformations of territoriality that Iraq has experienced, the thesis reveals the difference between Iraq as geographical land and Iraq as a political territory.