Turkiye's Climate Policy: Aligned with International Climate Politics

The aim of this article is to assess Turkiye's national climate policy framework within the context of international climate change negotiations. Turkiye, as an emerging economy and developing country, hasimplemented a number of climate actions and measures and has ratified significant multilateral climate agreements, such asthe United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the Kyoto Protocol, and the Paris Agreement. As a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Turkiye was put into both Annex-I and Annex-II of the UNFCCC. This starting point for climate negotiation-shindered Turkiye's earlier ratification of the UNFCCC. While negotiating under the UNFCCC, Turkiye's EU accession process started, so Turkiye ratified the UNFCCC and the Kyoto Protocol in 2004 and 2009, respectively. This article evaluates Turkiye's national climate change strategy to better implement multilateral climate agreementsin the context of its national climate policy framework. In 2021, Turkiye ratified the Paris Agreement, announced consideration of being carbon neutralas one of the elements of its 2053 development plan, and revisedits institutional structure. The First National Climate Council addresses these aimsand seems to guide Turkiye's policy recommendations. At the end of the study, policies are recommended to help Turkiye achieve its net zero emissions targets and follow a low-carbon development pathway.