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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790728403321

Autore

Cornell Erik

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxon [England] : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-136-82676-9

1-138-99390-5

1-315-02788-7

1-136-82669-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (204 p.)

Disciplina

320.9561

Soggetti

Kurds - Turkey

Turkey Politics and government 1980-

Turkey Foreign relations 1980-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2001 by Curzon Press.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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?