Turkey : facing a new millennium : coping with intertwined conflicts / Amikam Nachmani.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nachmani, Amikam.

Series:

Europe in change

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International relations.

Turkey--Foreign relations--Europe.

Turkey.

Europe.

Europe--Foreign relations--Turkey.

Turkey--Foreign relations--Greece.

Greece.

Greece--Foreign relations--Turkey.

Turkey--Foreign relations--Israel.

Israel--Foreign relations--Turkey.

Israel.

Kurds--Turkey.

Kurds.

Physical Description:

viii, 264 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press ; New York : Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave, 2003.

Summary:

Turkey's involvement in the Gulf War in 1991 indirectly helped to pave the way for the country's invitation almost a decade later to negotiate its accession into the European Union. This book 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. It emphasizes the skilful way in which Turkey avoided becoming embroiled in the ethnic and international upheavals in Central Asia, the Balkans, the east-Mediterranean 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.

Contents:

1 Turkey and the Gulf War: coping with intertwined conflicts 5

2 The Kurdish problem 33

3 On culture, economy, and demography: Turkey and Europe 55

4 The quest for identity 86

5 International encounters 122

6 What the neighbor to the west says: Greek-Turkish relations 165

7 A bridge across the Middle East: the Turkish-Israeli rapprochement 201.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [248]-257) and index.

ISBN:

0719063701

OCLC:

52478619