American Turkish encounters : politics and culture, 1830-1989 / edited by Nur Bilge Criss ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Criss, Bilge.

Christine Hikawa Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International relations.

United States--Foreign relations--Turkey.

United States.

Turkey.

Turkey--Foreign relations--United States.

United States--Foreign relations--1945-1989.

Turkey--Foreign relations--20th century.

Physical Description:

vii, 412 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars, 2011.

Summary:

Turkey and the United States have been critically important to each other since the beginning of the Cold War. The history of Turkish-American relations includes not only strategic, but also political, social, cultural and intellectual dimensions. While critical to understanding Turkish-American relations, these dimensions rarely surface in today's discourse, which reduces bilateral relations to issues currently being contested. In reality, the encounter between East and West embodied in Turkish-American interactions ranges from the official and diplomatic, to unofficial and informal exchanges at the social and individual level; while often compatible and friendly, such interactions occasionally have been less so. Authors from both countries developed a variety of perspectives on their interactions through original research that will enable both specialists and general readers to appreciate its many facets.

Most scholarly works on the two nations have been limited to the analysis of US-Turkish relations in the context of Cold War politics. The editors intend that this volume will begin to fill a serious gap and encourage others to study American-Turkish relations from as many aspects as possible. This book shows that when seen in a historical framework, the American Turkish encounter took place beyond! the level of formal political and military ties during the Cold War period and has enduringly interacted at the level of educational, social, and cultural realms. Book jacket.

Contents:

The Historical Stage

After Merchants, Before Ambassadors: Protestant Missionaries and Early American Experience in the Ottoman Empire, 1820-1860 / Cemal Yetkiner Yetkiner, Cemal 8

Early Missions and Eastern Christianity in the Ottoman Empire: Cross-Cultural Encounter and Religious Confrontation, 1820-1856 / Esra Danacioglu Temur Temur, Esra Danacioglu 35

Robert College; Laboratory for Religion, Shrine for Science-Transculturation of Evangelical College Model in Constantinople / Ash Gür Gür, Ash 48

The Long Journey of Cyrus Hamlin / Ted Widmer Widmer, Ted 61

Turkish-American Relations from the Perspective of Local History: Literature of Harput / Muammer Gül Gül, Muammer 75

Young Turk Relations with the United States, 1908-1918 / Feroz Ahmad Ahmad, Feroz 83

Ottoman Diplomatic and Consular Personnel in the United States of America, 1867-1917 / Sinan Kuneralp Kuneralp, Sinan 100

The Interwar Years

A Palazzo on the Bosporus: The American Embassy in Beyoglu / Louis Mazzari Mazzari, Louis 110

Admiral Mark Bristol and the Turkish Republic, 1923-1925 / Hakan Özoglu Özoglu, Hakan 123

The U.S. and the Sancak Question: Navigating a New Relationship in a Rapidly Changing Context / Sarah Shields Shields, Sarah 134

World War II: The Foundation of the Modern American-Turkish Relationship, 1939-1947 / Joshua Walker Walker, Joshua 163

The Cold War

Reinterpreting Turkey's Marshall Plan: Of Machines, Experts, and Technical Knowledge / Burçak Keskin Kozat Kozat, Burçak Keskin 182

American Public Support for Aid to Turkey after World War II / Kerem Ozan Kalkan Kalkan, Kerem Ozan, Eric M. Uslaner Uslaner, Eric M. 219

The Formation of the American-Turkish Alliance and its Impact on Domestic Political Developments in Turkey from 1940 to 1960 / Hakan Yilmaz Yilmaz, Hakan 236

The One Coalition They Craved to Join: Turkey in the Korean War / Cameron S. Brown Brown, Cameron S. 261

The American Cold War Military Presence in Turkey / Nur Bilge Criss Criss, Nur Bilge 281

Revisiting the Origins of the Cyprus Conflict: The Impact of the Cold War and Turkish-American Relations / Aylin Güney Güney, Aylin 299

Cultural and Intellectual Interaction

Transferring American Models for Education in Business and Public Administration to Turkey, 1950-1970 / Behlül Üsdiken Üsdiken, Behlül 316

The Cold War, Jazz, and Turkey / Pinar Gözen Gözen, Pinar 331

Turkish-America on Stage: Harputta bir Amehkalt and Pera Palas, or Orientalism and Self-Orientalization in American Turkish Relations / Gönül Pultar Pultar, Gönül 344

Perceptions of American Aid as Reflected in Political Cartoons Published in Turkish Humor Magazines, 1945-1960 / Murat Erdem Erdem, Murat 354

Regional Security Issues and U.S.-Turkish Relations in the 1980s / Sabri Sayan Sayan, Sabri 366

Turkish American History Reflected in the Life of Howard A. Reed / Arzu Öztürkmen Öztürkmen, Arzu 381.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Christine Hikawa Fund.

ISBN:

1443832057

9781443832052

OCLC:

741733743

Publisher Number:

99946396581