Türkiye jeopolitiğinde askeri gücün yeri ve önemi.
Özet
Tiirkiye, bulundugu cografya ve degi~en giivenlik ortammda kiiresel aktorlerin siirekli izledigi, iizerinde oyunlar oynadlgl ve kontrol altmda tutrnak istedigi iilkelerden birisi olup, bu ozelligini gelecekte de muhafaza edecektir. Kritik bir cografyada yer almamn kaymJlmaz sonuylanndan birisi de askeri giiciinii iist seviyede tutrnak ve milli gelirinin onemli bir klsmlm bu alana aYJrmak mecburiyetidir. Gelecekte bu cografyada Tiirkiye'nin varhi\1m siirdiirebilmesi, sahip oldugu milli giiy unsurlanndan birisi olan askeri giiciiniin iyi analiz edilmesi ve yeteneklerinin iyi tespit edilmesi ile ihtiyay duyulan diizeye getirilebilmesi imkiinma baghdlr. Bu ara~tmna ile Tiirkiye'nin jeopolitik olgulan yeryevesinde, askeri giiciine onem vermesi mecburiyetinin nedenlerinin ortaya konulmasl suretiyle, 21 nci yiizYJl ve sonrasmda bu giiciin yeri ve oneminin TUrk Milleti tarafmdan daha iyi anla~Jlmasl amaylanml~tlr. Tiirkiye jeopolitiginde askeri giiciin yeri ve oneminin incelenecegi bu tezin birinci boliimiinde; Jeopolitik kavraml, jeopolitigin unsurlan, jeopolitik teoriler ve jeopolitik giiy merkezleri hakkmda bilgiler verilmi~, ikinci bOliimiinde; Tiirkiye'nin jeopolitik ve jeostratejik onemi ortaya konulmu~, iiyiincii boliimiinde; Tiirkiye jeopolitigi baglammda askeri giiy tanltllml~, savunma harcamalan ve savunma sanayi hakkmda aylklamalarda bulunulmu~, asker! giiciin varhk nedeni ve onemi incelenmi~tir Because of its geographical position and changing security conditions, the Republic of Turkey is one of the countries constantly being monitored; it is subject to games played upon it by global players and efforts are made to control it and these characteristics will continue in the future. One the inescapable results of existing in a critical geographical area is the necessity for maintaining a high level military force and allocating a major part of the national income for this purpose. The future existence of Republic of Turkey in this geographical regIOn IS dependent upon a well done analysis and determination of the capabilities ofits military force which is one of national power elements and being brought to the required level. The purpose of this study is to put forth the importance of military power within the geopolitical framework of Turkey, the place and importance of this force to the Turkish Nation in the 21 st century and beyond. In the first part of this dissertation the place and importance of the military force III Turkey's geopolitics will be examined and information regarding the scope of geopolitics, elements of geopolitics, geopolitical theories and geopolitical power centers are provided; in the second part the geopolitical and geostrategical importance of Turkey is laid down; the third part consists of an introduction to the military forces in the scope of Turkey's geopolicies, with comments regarding defense expenditures and the defense industry, the reasons and the importance of the existence of the military forces have been studied.