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Africa is increasingly becoming an arena for geopolitical competition over its resources and, in the last two decades, has seen many emerging powers such as China, India, Russia, Japan and Brazil attempting to strengthen their ties with the continent. Turkey’s involvement has been much less discussed, despite the fact that Turkey’s strategic involvement with several sub-Saharan African states has been deepening since its active engagement in the Somali crisis of 2011. Federico Donelli brings to light the extent of Turkey’s involvement in Africa and analyses the unique characteristics, benefits, challenges and limits of Turkish policy in the region. The book examines the Turkish diplomatic programme as well as its domestic reception, which includes humanitarian aid, religious links such as the OIC (Organisation of Islamic Cooperation), as well as private business links. Crucially, Donelli examines what makes Turkish involvement different from that of other international actors in the region – its historic ties with North Africa under the Ottoman Empire.

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Federico Donelli has written a fascinating, authoritative exploration of the evolution of Turkish involvement on the African continent. Anchored in a sophisticated neoclassical realist theoretical framework, Turkey in Africa delivers a nuanced, sweeping analysis of Ankara's rapidly growing political, economic and humanitarian interventions in Africa. This is an important contribution to the emerging literature on Turkish foreign policy and on the new terms of engagement for Middle Eastern powers in Africa. --Marc Lynch, Professor of Political Science, The George Washington University, and author of The New Arab Wars: Anarchy and Uprising in the Middle East Donelli's book will be essential reading for those seeking to understand Turkey's role in Africa, especially in the Horn of Africa, where its influence has increased dramatically in the last decade. Engaging with existing literature and brining years of observations to bear, Donelli also-crucially-analyses the drivers of Turkey's foreign policy and the changes in Africa's place among Ankara's priorities. --Jason Mosley, African Studies Centre, Oxford University, UK

Federico Donelli has written a fascinating, authoritative exploration of the evolution of Turkish involvement on the African continent. Anchored in a sophisticated neoclassical realist theoretical framework, Turkey in Africa delivers a nuanced, sweeping analysis of Ankara's rapidly growing political, economic and humanitarian interventions in Africa. This is an important contribution to the emerging literature on Turkish foreign policy and on the new terms of engagement for Middle Eastern powers in Africa. * Marc Lynch, Professor of Political Science, The George Washington University, and author of The New Arab Wars: Anarchy and Uprising in the Middle East * Donelli's book will be essential reading for those seeking to understand Turkey's role in Africa, especially in the Horn of Africa, where its influence has increased dramatically in the last decade. Engaging with existing literature and brining years of observations to bear, Donelli also-crucially-analyses the drivers of Turkey's foreign policy and the changes in Africa's place among Ankara's priorities. * Jason Mosley, African Studies Centre, Oxford University, UK *

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Federico Donelli is Postdoctoral Research Fellow and Teaching Assistant in Political Science and International Relations at the University of Genoa, Italy.

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