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This book chronicles eight decades of the Republic of Turkey's foreign and security policies along with the people and events at the heart of the decision making process as Turkey rose out of the ashes of the Ottoman empire in 1923 and looks to take seat in the European Union during the modern age.

Table of Contents

FOREWORD PREFACE ABBREVIATIONS PART ONE: NARRATIVE 1…From the Khanates in Central Asia to the Republic in Anatolia 2…Foreign Policy of the Young Republic Under Atatrk and nn: The Interwar Period 3… Cold World War period and Turkeys Place in the West 4… Turkeys foreign and security policies in the post-Cold War: the neighborhood 5… Turkeys foreign and security policies in the post-Cold War: the alliances 6… Redefinition of Turkeys Relations with its Strategic Partners United States and Israel in the post-9/11 Period 7… The state of affairs in Turkeys relations with its Neighbors PART TWO: BIOGRAPHIES PART THREE: APPENDICES & INDEX 1. Appendix A: Bibliography 2. Appendix B: Annotated Bibliography 3. Appendix C: Chronology of Events 4. Index

About the Author

Mustafa Kibaroglu is Associate Professor of International Relations, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey. He is the author of numerous articles on Turkish foreign policy and security issues, which have appeared in both English and Turkish languages. Aysegul Kibaroglu is Assistant Professor of International Relations at Middle East Technical University. She is the author of Building a Regime for the Waters of the Euphrates-Tigris River Basin, (2002) as well as articles on this and related Turkish security topics.

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