{"product_id":"bridge-across-the-bosporus-9781421435817","title":"Bridge across the Bosporus","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOriginally published in 1971. With Ataturk's guiding reforms, Turkey underwent a sweeping modernization of the country's administration. More specifically, by adopting the Latin alphabet, secularizing the country's governance, and importing European laws and jurisprudence, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk effectively reformed the Republic of Turkey into a secular, modern nation-state. In doing so, he introduced a number of foreign policy commitments. Ferenc A. Vali examines the flexibility of Turkey's foreign commitments in light of the country's modernization; depending on the circumstance, Turkey's foreign policy has wavered between Western alliance and neutrality. Examining Turkey's foreign policy in the twentieth century, Vali provides historical background for Turkey's transition form an empire to a nation-state. Vali also assesses Turkey's relations with NATO, Western allies, Russia, the Baltic States, and the Middle East. For his research, Vali conducted interviews with officials of the Tu\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTurkish Spelling and Pronunciation\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: From Empire to Nation-State\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1. The Turks\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2. The Ottoman Past\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3. Decline, Reform, and Revolution\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4. World War I and the Rise of New Turkey\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5. World War II and After\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Foundations of Turkey's Foreign Policy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 6. Geopolitical Foundations\u003cbr\u003eChapter 7. Ethnic Foundations\u003cbr\u003eChapter 8. Ideological Foundations\u003cbr\u003eChapter 9. Governmental Foreign Policy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: Political Parties, Public Opinion, and Foreign Policy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 10. The Justice Party\u003cbr\u003eChapter 11. The Republican People's Party\u003cbr\u003eChapter 12. The Reliance Party\u003cbr\u003eChapter 13. Splinter Parties\u003cbr\u003eChapter 14. The Turkish Labor Party\u003cbr\u003eChapter 15. Public Opinion and Foreign Policy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV: Turkey, the United States, and NATO\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 16. Turkey and NATO\u003cbr\u003eChapter 17. The United States and Turkey\u003cbr\u003eChapter 18. American Presence in Turkey\u003cbr\u003eChapter 19. Relations with Western Europe\u003cbr\u003eChapter 20. Should Turkey Leave NATO?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V: The USSR, the Straits, and the Balkans\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 21. Soviet-Turkish Relations: Cooperation and Confrontation \u003cbr\u003eChapter 22. Soviet-Turkish Relations: Relaxation and Reorientation\u003cbr\u003eChapter 23. The Soviets and the Turkish Straits\u003cbr\u003eChapter 24. Turkey's Western Flank: The Balkans and East Europe\u003cbr\u003eChapter 25. Can Russia be Trusted?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VI: Turkey, Greece, and Cyprus\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 26. Megali Idea\u003cbr\u003eChapter 27. Turkey and Greece Bury the Hatchet\u003cbr\u003eChapter 28. The New Apple of Discord: Cyprus\u003cbr\u003eChapter 29. Cyprus: Settlement and Deadlock\u003cbr\u003eChapter 30. Turkey and Greece: The Interlocked Nations\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VII: Turkey and the Middle East\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 31. Turks, Arabs, and Persians\u003cbr\u003eChapter 32. From the Baghdad Pact to CENTO\u003cbr\u003eChapter 33. Iran, Pakistan, and CENTO\u003cbr\u003eChapter 34. Syria, Iraq, and the Kurds\u003cbr\u003eChapter 35. The Arab-Israeli Conflict\u003cbr\u003eChapter 36. Turkey's New Middle Eastern Policy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VIII: Development: A Foreign Policy Goal\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 37. Development Goals and Problems\u003cbr\u003eChapter 38. The Five Year Plans\u003cbr\u003eChapter 39. Aid from the West and from the East\u003cbr\u003eChapter 40. Turkey and the European Economic Community\u003cbr\u003eChapter 41. Regional Cooperation for Development\u003cbr\u003eChapter 42. The Outlook\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IX: Ambitions and Realities of Turkish Foreign Policy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 43. The Balance Sheet\u003cbr\u003eChapter 44. The Weight of Domestic Politics\u003cbr\u003eChapter 45. The Weight of Ideology \u003cbr\u003eChapter 46. The Weight of International Factors\u003cbr\u003eChapter 47. Realities Versus Ambitions\u003cbr\u003eChronology\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408135725399,"sku":"9781421435817","price":38.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781421435817.jpg?v=1730501717","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/bridge-across-the-bosporus-9781421435817","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}