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Record Nr.

UNINA9910162802403321

Autore

Phillips David L.

Titolo

An Uncertain Ally : Turkey under Erdogan's dictatorship / / David L. Phillips

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Transaction Publishers, , 2017

©2017

ISBN

1-351-62393-1

1-4128-6473-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (206 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

001.432

Soggetti

Diplomatics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part I. Domestic Issues -- 1 Erdogan -- 2 Secularism -- 3 Human Rights -- 4 Corruption -- 5 The Kurdish Question -- Part II. Regional Conflicts -- 6 The Iraq War -- 7 Zero Problems with Neighbors -- 8 The Syrian Quagmire -- 9 Terror Ties -- Part III. Crackdown -- 10 Consolidation -- 11 Under Siege -- 12 Ending Exceptionalism -- Acronyms -- Glossary of Individuals -- About the Author -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Under the rule of Recep Tayyip Erdogan Turkey has descended into a dictatorship, promotes the Islamist agenda, abuses human rights, limits freedom of expression in the press, and wages war against the Kurds. While Turkey has historically been important geopolitically, it has become an outlier in Europe and an uncertain ally of the United States.