Polar science diplomacy of Türkiye: the Second International Polar Year case
INTERNATIONAL POLITICS, 2026 (SSCI, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Basım Tarihi: 2026
- Doi Numarası: 10.1057/s41311-026-00807-z
- Dergi Adı: INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, IBZ Online, American History and Life, Geobase, Historical Abstracts, Political Science Complete, Public Affairs Index, Political Science Abstract (IPSA), Social Science Premium Collection (ProQuest), Political Science Database (ProQuest)
- Hatay Mustafa Kemal Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
This article examines T & uuml;rkiye's participation in the Second International Polar Year (IPY-II, 1932-1933) as a historically grounded and underexplored case of early science diplomacy. IPY-II coordinated interdisciplinary polar research across forty-four countries, and T & uuml;rkiye's involvement during the early Republican period offers fresh insight into interwar scientific cooperation. The article documents T & uuml;rkiye's scientific and institutional contributions and analyses them through the reciprocal framework of science impacting diplomacy and diplomacy impacting science. Drawing on archival documents, official correspondence, parliamentary records, and contemporary newspapers, supplemented by expert interviews, it assesses the case against an explicit definition of science diplomacy. T & uuml;rkiye's meteorological data, later incorporated into the synoptic weather maps of the Northern Hemisphere, were scientifically significant, institutionally coordinated, and internationally recognised, yet shaped by asymmetrical hierarchies. The case enriches the historical understanding of science diplomacy by non-hegemonic states.