ABSTRACT

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?

chapter 1|22 pages

Introduction

chapter 2|10 pages

The Holy Roman Empire of the Islamic Nation

Reflections on European and Turkish Identity

chapter 4|4 pages

Some Issues in Domestic Politics

chapter 5|7 pages

The Özal Era

chapter 9|9 pages

Religious Affairs

chapter 11|15 pages

The Intractable Kurdish Problem

chapter 12|5 pages

Guerrilla Warfare

chapter 13|10 pages

The Rise of the New Turkic Republics

chapter 14|7 pages

Turkey, the Caucasus and Central Asia

chapter 15|9 pages

Turkey and the Armenian Question

chapter 16|6 pages

Turkey's Path Towards the European Union