A changing Turkey : the challenge to Europe and the United States / Heinz Kramer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kramer, Heinz.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Turkey--Politics and government--20th century.

Turkey.

Turkey--Foreign relations--Europe.

Turkey--Foreign relations--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 304 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Turkey is a longstanding ally of the United States and Europe. After the demise of the Soviet empire, Turkey's strategic importance has changed but not diminished. Today Turkey is facing a completely different foreign and security policy environment. However, Turkey is also undergoing extraordinary internal change. Many established political truths of the Republic's seventy-five-year-long tradition are increasingly questioned by a growing part of its people. Above all, there is the rise of political Islam and the ensuing clash of ideologies between "secularists" and "Islamists" as well as the debate about Turkey's "Kurdish reality." Turkey's allies will have to respond to this development by adapting their policies. Nothing less than a re-evaluation and, eventually, a re-orientation in relations with both the United States and Europe is required if Turkey is to remain anchored in the West. This book undertakes a comprehensive overview and analysis of Turkey's internal and external changes and provides elements of a new European and American policy toward a key strategic partner.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Preface

PART ONE: The Erosion of the Kemalist Model

1 The Kemalist Model of Shaping Politics and Society

2 The Awakening of Society: Between Tradition and Modernity

3 The Slow Adaptation of the Political System

4 The Myth of National Homogeneity and the "Kurdish Reality

5 The Revival of Political Islam

6 Toward a New Sociopolitical Synthesis

PART TWO: Turkish Foreign and Security Policy after the Cold War

7 Central Asia and the Caspian Basin: Energy, Business, and Kinship

8 The Middle East: Between Involvement and Active Engagement

9 The Balkans: Old Challenges, New Opportunities

10 Relations with Greece and the Cyprus Problem

11 Europe: Still the "Desired Land"?

12 Turkey in the Western Security System: Asset or Liability?

PART THREE: European and American Policy toward Turkey

13 The Current Situation: Policies, Motives, and Limitations

14 The Challenge: Anchoring Turkey in the West

Notes

Index

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Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Inludes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8157-9118-6

0-585-36829-5

OCLC:

614695032