Turkish Foreign Policy and Turkish Identity: A Constructivist Approach / Edition 1

by Yucel Bozdaglioglu

Overview

By using the core insights of the constructivist approach in International Relations, this book analyzes the foreign policy behavior of Turkey. It argues that throughout its modern history, Turkey's foreign policy has been affected by its Western identity created in the years following the War of Independence.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415946001
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	07/03/2003
Series:	International Relations Series
Pages:	232
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.70(d)

Table of Contents

1. Introduction 2. Literature Review 3. Modernization and the Construction of Official Idenity in The First Turkish Republic 4. Turkey and the West 5. Identity Crisis and Turkey's Search for Alternatives 6. Turkey and the Muslim Middle East 7. Turkey and Isreal: The Outsiders in the Middle East 8. Conclusion