Defne GönençVassilis K. FouskasQingan HuangSinan Ünlüsoy2025-10-062024146838491468-38491743-966310.1080/14683849.2024.2371002https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85197716391&doi=10.1080%2F14683849.2024.2371002&partnerID=40&md5=fe2c846545424c94c3982a7a0b926602https://gcris.yasar.edu.tr/handle/123456789/8290This article examines Türkiye’s increasingly complex relations with Asia from a political economy perspective capitalizing on the notions of semi-periphery and sub-imperialism in an era marked by the crisis of globalization and a relative decline of US economic and technological power. It contends that the complexity of Türkiye-Asia relations and associated changes in Turkish foreign policy should be examined within the shifting global and domestic political-economic conditions and the changing relations between countries. © 2024 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.EnglishAsia, Axis Shift, Foreign Policy, Political Economy, TürkiyePolitical economy of Turkey’s pivot to AsiaArticle