- Additional Authors
- United States Institute of Peace.
- Description
- 23 pages : digital, PDF file.
- Summary
- Throughout the 1990s, Turkey was the anchor in the containment of Saddam Hussein's Iraq by the United States. The unpredictable set of events unleashed by Operation Iraqi Freedom has unnerved both Turkish decision makers and the public alike. The U.S.-led coalition's operation in Iraq has also upended Turkey's fundamental interests in Iraq, which are fourfold: (1) Prevent the division of Iraq along sectarian or ethnic lines that would give rise to an independent or confederal Kurdish state (with the oil-rich city of Kirkuk as its capital), thus supporting aspiratins for a similar entity in Turkey's own extensive Kurdish population. (2) Protect Turkish-speaking Turkmen minority, which resides primarily in northern Iraq. (3) Eliminate the Kurdistan Workers' Party, the Turkish Kurdish insurgent movement, which has sought refuge in the northeast of Iraq following its defeat in 1999. (4) Prevent the emergence of a potentially hostile nondemocratic fundamentalist Iraqi state.
- Series Statement
- Special report ; no. 141
- Uniform Title
- Special report (United States Institute of Peace) ; 141.
- Alternative Title
- Iraq and its neighbors
- Perils and prospects of proximity
- Subject
- Note
- Title from title screen (viewed July 25, 2005).
- "July 2005."
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- System Details (note)
- Mode of access: World Wide Web from USIP web site. Address as of 7/25/05: http://www.usip.org/pubs/specialreports/sr141.html; current access available via PURL.
- Call Number
- GPO Internet Y 3.P 31:20/141
- OCLC
- marcive61134660
- Author
Barkey, Henri J.
- Title
Turkey and Iraq : the perils (and prospects) of proximity / by Henri J. Barkey.
- Publisher
Washington, DC (1200 17th Street NW) : U.S. Institute of Peace, [2005]
- Type of Content
text
- Type of Medium
computer
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Series
Special report ; no. 141
Special report (United States Institute of Peace) ; 141.
- System Details
Mode of access: World Wide Web from USIP web site. Address as of 7/25/05: http://www.usip.org/pubs/specialreports/sr141.html; current access available via PURL.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
United States Institute of Peace.
- Gpo Item No.
1063-K (online)
- Sudoc No.
Y 3.P 31:20/141