Turkey in the 21st Century: Opportunities, Challenges, Threats

ISBN-13: 9780700711710 / Twarda / 2000 / 204 str.

Erik Cornell

Opis

Answers the questions of the Turks' opinion on European and Turkish identity; Cyprus; the role of the generals; human rights problems; the Kurds; religion; the pros and cons of Turkish association with the EU.

Recenzje

'An important contribution to the growing literature on contemporary Turkey' - Journal of Islamic Studies

Spis treści

Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 The Holy Roman Empire of the Islamic Nation; Chapter 3 Turkish Domestic Politics during the Republic; Chapter 4 Some Issues in Domestic Politics; Chapter 5 The Özal Era; Chapter 6 The Role of the Armed Forces in Domestic Politics; Chapter 7 The Protection of the Constitution vs Citizens' Rights; Chapter 8 The Problems of Human Rights in the Light of History; Chapter 9 Religious Affairs; Chapter 10 The Alevis: A Distinctively Turkish Religious Group; Chapter 11 The Intractable Kurdish Problem; Chapter 12 Guerrilla Warfare; Chapter 13 The Rise of the New Turkic Republics; Chapter 14 Turkey, the Caucasus and Central Asia; Chapter 15 Turkey and the Armenian Question; Chapter 16 Turkey's Path Towards the European Union;

O autorze

Cornell, Erik