Özet:

In the twenty-first century, the secession movements in Africa are becoming one of the major crises that must be resolved by African states in order to maintain development and stability. Although the reasons for the separation movements are classified as economic and social in the literature, it is noticed that the geographical features are not examined with the necessary intensity. Purpose of this study is to detect to what extent and in which direction the geographical features are determinative on the separation movements by examining the cases of Caprivi, Casamance and Cabinda in the context of determined the geographical factors. The geographical features of Caprivi, Casamance and Cabinda regions in the African continent, constitute a more special situation compared to other regions in the continent where separation movements occur, necessitated the selection of these regions. In light of the acknowledgment that every secessionist case is caused and affected by more than one set of factors, the geographical factors determined by the study can be listed as the sea access of the region where the separatist movements took place, peripheral location, whether there is a natural or artificial border with the parent state or not, the existence and sort of natural resources in the region. As a result, it was concluded that the correlation between geographical factors and secessionist movements on the cases discussed was weak but positive. In order for these cases to be successful, the importance of historical, social, regional, global and economic parameters has been emphasized.

 

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