Turkey: Facing a New Millennium Coping with Intertwined Conflicts

by Nachmani, Amikam

• ISBN13: 9780719063718
• ISBN10: 071906371X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-10-01
• Publisher: OXFORD UNIV PR

Summary

Turkey's involvement in the Gulf War in 1991 paved the way for the country's acceptance into the European Union. This book, newly available in paperback, traces that process and in the first part looks at Turkey's foreign policy in the 1990s, considering the ability of the country to withstand the repercussions of the fall of communism. It focuses on Turkey's achievement in halting and minimizing the effects of the temporary devaluation in its strategic importance that resulted from the waning of the Cold War and the disintegration of the Soviet Union, the skillful way in which Turkey avoided becoming embroiled in the ethnic upheavals in Central Asia, the Balkans and the Middle East, and the development of a continued policy of closer integration into the European and western worlds. Internal politics are the focus of the second part of the book, addressing the curbing of the Kurdish revolt, the economic gains made, and the strengthening of civil society. Nachmani goes on to analyse the prospects for Turkey in the twenty-first century, in the light of the possible integration into Europe, which may leave the country's leadership free to deal effectively with domestic issues. This book will make crucial reading for anyone studying Turkish politics, or indeed European or European Union politics.

Author Biography

Amikam Nachmani is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Political Studies at Bar-Ilan University, Israel.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. vi
List of abbreviations	p. vii
Introduction	p. 1
Turkey and the Gulf War: coping with intertwined conflicts	p. 5
The Kurdish problem	p. 33
On culture, economy, and demography: Turkey and Europe	p. 55
The quest for identity	p. 86
International encounters	p. 122
What the neighbor to the west says: Greek-Turkish relations	p. 165
A bridge across the Middle East: the Turkish-Israeli rapprochement	p. 201
Conclusion	p. 245
Bibliography	p. 248
Index	p. 258
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