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Jung, Dietrich, 1959-

Turkey at the crossroads : Ottoman legacies and a greater Middle East / Dietrich Jung with Wolfango Piccoli. - London ; New York : Zed Books, 2001. - vii, 231 p. ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-224) and index.

Introduction: the Turkish puzzle -- Modernisation as a theoretical concept -- Reform and decline: modernisation in the Ottoman Empire -- National resurrection: the early Turkish Republic -- Western integration: the multi-party period -- Kemalism challenged: Susurluk, political Islam and Kurdish nationalism -- Encircled by enemies? Turkey's foreign policy and its Middle Eastern neighbours -- The uneasy alignment: Turkey and Israel -- The revival of Pan-Turkism: Turkish policies in Central Asian and the Transcaucasus -- Conclusions: the impasse of Kemalist modernisation.

ISBN: 1856498662 1856498670 (pbk.)

LCCN: 2004302027

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA1-X3241

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Islam and state--Turkey.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Turkey--Politics and government--19th century.
Turkey--Politics and government--20th century.
Turkey--Foreign relations.

LC Class. No.: DR557 / .J86 2001

Dewey Class. No.: 956.102 / JUT 2001