Turkey in the Middle East : Oil, Islam, and Politics / Alon Liel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Liel, Alon, Author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (263 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, [2022]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Liel traces Turkeys trajectory from the economic collapse of the 1970s through the recovery of the 1980s and the dramatic political events of the 1990s.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

1 INTRODUCTION: BETWEEN EAST ANDWEST

PART ONE. TURKEY’S DEPENDENCE ON OIL

2 THE ECONOMICS OF ENERGY IN TURKEY

3 THE DIPLOMACY OF CHEAP OIL

4 BARTERING FOR OIL

5 INTERNATIONAL CONSEQUENCES OF THE 1980 CRISIS

6 THE 1980S: HAPPY DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN

PART TWO TURKEY IN THE MIDDLE EAST: INTERNATIONAL ASPECTS

7 THE MUSLIM OPTION

8 POLITICS, OIL, AND ISLAM: RELATIONSWITH IRAQ, IRAN, AND LIBYA

9 TURKEY AND THE ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT

PART THREE. TURKEY TOWARD THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY

10 THE ISLAMIC CHALLENGE

11 GROUNDSWELL, LANDSLIDE, AND EARTHQUAKE

Acronyms

Selected Bibliography

Index

About the Book

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Jun 2022)

ISBN:

1-68585-722-1

OCLC:

1334343874