Turkey in the 21st century : opportunities, challenges, threats / Erik Cornell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cornell, Erik, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kurds--Turkey.

Kurds.

Turkey--Politics and government--1980-.

Turkey.

Turkey--Foreign relations--1980-.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (204 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxon [England] : Routledge, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Answers the questions: what is the background to issues in external and internal politics? What is the Turks' opinion on European and Turkish identity? On Cyprus? On the role of the generals? Why do human rights problems linger on? What is behind the Kurdish question? Is Turkey religiously split? What are the pros and cons of Turkish association with the EU?

Contents:

Cover; Turkey in the 21st Century; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Abbreviations; Pronunciation Rules; Maps; Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. The Holy Roman Empire of the Islamic Nation; 3. Turkish Domestic Politics during the Republic; 4. Some Issues in Domestic Politics; 5. The Özal Era; 6. The Role of the Armed Forces in Domestic Politics; 7. The Protection of the Constitution vs Citizens' Rights; 8. The Problems of Human Rights in the Light of History; 9. Religious Affairs; 10. The Alevis: A Distinctively Turkish Religious Group; 11. The Intractable Kurdish Problem

12. Guerrilla Warfare13. The Rise of the New Turkic Republics; 14. Turkey, the Caucasus and Central Asia; 15. Turkey and the Armenian Question; 16. Turkey's Path Towards the European Union; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

First published 2001 by Curzon Press.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 18, 2014).

ISBN:

1-136-82676-9

1-138-99390-5

1-315-02788-7

1-136-82669-6

9781315027883

OCLC:

872682343