Abstract
The Ukraine-Crimea Crisis or the Second Yalta Process
The regional crisis began in 2013 in Ukraine has turned into an inter-national one with Russia's annexation of Crimea. Ukraine-Crimea based recent events happened in the context of Black Sea geopolitics continue to show strong signals of a coming period of change. In the sense of "Colorful Revolution" period, revolution/coup or counter revolution/counter coup processes, broke out firstly in Georgia in 2003, and then continued in Ukraine in 2004 have led a serious a state of failure between Russia and the West. Expectations that a new Cold War may start alongside the breakup are quite high. Russia based statements that claim referendum in Crimea as the "end of the unipolar world" displays we'll talk about a different world after March 2014. Therefore, in this work, firstly background of Ukraine- Crimea crisis, roles of the sides, and expectations from the crisis will be dealt, then possible effects of the crisis on regional politics and inter¬national system which is under construction will be analyzed. Moreover, a comparison with 1853-1856 Crimean War will take place and suggestions about Turkey's place and its possible policies to¬wards the crisis will be presented.
Keywords
Ukraine Crisis, Crimea Crisis, Crimean War, The Black Sea, the West, Russia, Turkey