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Record Nr.

UNINA9910287935903321

Autore

Nachmani Amikam

Titolo

Turkey : facing a new millenium: coping with intertwined conflicts / / Amikam Nachmani

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester University Press, 2003

Manchester, UK : , : Manchester University Press, , 2018

©2003

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 264 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Europe in change

Disciplina

327.561009049

Soggetti

Kurds - Turkey

Turkey Foreign relations 1980-

Turkey Foreign relations Europe

Turkey Foreign relations Greece

Turkey Foreign relations Israel

Turkey Politics and government 1980-

Turkey History 1960-

Turkey Economic policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published: 2003.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

Turkey's involvement in the Gulf War in 199 paved the way for the country's acceptance into the European Union. This book traces that process and in the first part looks at Turkey's foreign policy in the 1990s, considering the ability of the country to withstand the repercussions of the fall of communism. It focuses on Turkey's achievement in halting and minimising the effects of the temporary devaluationin its strategic importance that resulted from the waning of the Cold War and the disintegration of the Soviet Union, the skilful way in which Turkay avoided becoming embroiled in the ethnic upheavals in Central Asia, the balkans and the Middle East, and the development of a continued policy of closer integration into the European and western worlds. Internal politics are the focus of the second part of the book,



addressing the curbing of the Kurdish revolt, the economic gains made, and the strengthening of civil society. Nachmani goes on to analyse the prospects for Turkey in the twenty-first century, in the light of the possible integration into Europe, which may leave the country's leadership free to deal effectively with domestic issues. This book will make crucial reading for anyone studying Turkish politics, or indeed European or European Union politics.