Peranan Badan Pemikir Dalam Wacana Turki - Kesatuan Eropah: Kajian Kes İktisadi Kalkinma Vakfi (İKV)

Abstract

Abstrak

Peranan Badan Bukan Kerajaan (BBK) semakin menyinar dalam wacana pembangunan dasar-dasar luar negeri dan hubungan antarabangsa. Dalam konteks perjalanan integrasi Turki ke dalam Kesatuan Eropah (EU), badan pemikir yang bebas dilihat berfungsi sebagai “enjin utama” dalam usaha-usaha menjana idea dan strategi, memacu projek-projek libaturus serta mengembangkan wacana integrasi dalam kalangan pemegang-pemegang taruh seperti elit politik, komuniti usahawan, cendekiawan, kumpulan berkepentingan termasuk rakyat awam asing. Objektif utama kajian ini adalah untuk menilai keberkesanan pelbagai pendekatan yang diterajui oleh badan pemikir Turki dalam menjayakan matlamat strategik Turki menganggotai EU. Makalah ini juga berusaha meninjau peranan badan pemikir yang terlibat secara langsung, berdasarkan kerangka taksonomi diplomasi awam. Sebagai kajian kes, peranan Yayasan Pembangunan Ekonomi - İktisadi Kalkınma Vakfı (İKV) diteliti secara kualitatif, menerusi kaedah temu bual dan dokumen analisis bersumberkan laporan penyelidikan dan makalah. Kajian ini mendapati pengaruh badan pemikir yang bebas semakin diperlukan dalam proses pembingkaian agenda, memformulasi pelaksanaan dan pemantauan dasar-dasar strategik hubungan Ankara-Brussels. Dalam arena diplomasi awam, inisiatif dialog dan libaturus yang dipacu oleh BBK berpotensi merangsang hubungan kerjasama dan kesefahaman bersama dalam mengurus polemik dan jurang sosio-politik yang semakin mendalam.

Kata Kunci: Turki; Kesatuan Eropah; Dasar Luar; Diplomasi Awam; Badan Pemikir

Abstract

The role of Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) is increasingly prominent in foreign policy development. In the context of Turkey's integration into the European Union (EU), independent think tanks are seen as the “prime mover” in efforts to generating ideas and strategies, driving engagement projects, and developing integration discourses among stakeholders such as the political elites, community of entrepreneurs, scholars, as well as local and foreign interest groups. The main objective of this article is to assess the efficiency of various approaches spearheaded by a Turkish think tank group in achieving Turkey's strategic goal of joining the EU. It also seeks to examine the role of a think tank group, based on the taxonomic framework of public diplomacy. As a case study, the role of the Economic Development Foundation - İktisadi Kalkınma Vakfı (İKV) was examined qualitatively, through interview and analysis documents sourced from research reports, papers, and websites. This study finds that the influence of independent think tanks is increasingly needed in the process of agenda framing, formulation, implementation, and monitoring of Ankara-Brussels relations strategic policies. In the realm of public diplomacy, the dialogue and engagement initiatives driven by NSA have the potential to stimulate cooperation and mutual understanding in managing polemics and socio-political gaps.

Keywords: Turkey; European Union; Foreign Policy; Public Diplomacy; Think Tank