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Title

Turkey faces east : new orientations toward the Middle East and the old Soviet Union / Graham E. Fuller.

Author

Fuller, Graham E., 1937-

Publication

xi, 70 p. ; 23 cm.

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Additional Authors

Rand Corporation.

Description

Santa Monica, CA. : RAND,; 1992.

Summary

This report explores the roots of Turkey's eastern orientation and the prospects for Turkish relations with the Middle East and former Soviet Union. The study finds that although Turkey has for years been at the geopolitical tail-end of Europe, it is now in the center of a newly emerging world. New relations to the south, east, and north are becoming increasingly vital to Ankara's interests. The study also finds that because U.S. interests in the region are less important with the end of the Cold War, U.S. influence over Turkey will probably be less. Still, the study recommends that because of the constructive role Turkey can play in the region, Turkey should be tied closely to the European Community and that effort should be taken to prevent a wall from emerging between "Christian" Europe and a Muslim Middle East--a wall that could intensify a North-South struggle in the decades ahead.

Subject

• Asia, Central > Foreign relations > Turkey
• Middle East > Foreign relations > Turkey
• Turkey > Foreign relations > 1960-1980
• Turkey > Foreign relations > Asia, Central
• Turkey > Foreign relations > Middle East

Note

• "R-4232-AF/A."
• "Prepared for the United Air Force, United Stated Army."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p.67-70)

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

ISBN

0833012940

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library