Turkey has always been a crossroads: the point where East meets
West, Europe meets Asia, and Christianity meets Islam. Turkey has
also been a close and important American ally, but a series of
converging political and strategic factors have now endangered its
longstanding Western and democratic orientation. In Winning Turkey,
two leading analysts explain this worrisome situation and present a
plan for improving it. The stakes are clear. Turkey is the most
advanced democracy in the Islamic world, bordering a number of the
world's hotspots, including Iraq, Iran, and the Caucasus. It
occupies the corridor between Western markets and Caspian Sea
energy reserves. A stable, Western-oriented Turkey moving toward EU
membership would provide a growing market for exports, a source of
needed labor, a positive influence on the Middle East, and an ally
in the war on terror. The picture has darkened, however, as rising
anti-Americanism, deflated hopes for EU accession, civil-military
tensions, and terrorist threats have destabilized an already
volatile Turkish political system. Wi "nning Turkey d"esigns a plan
to ease tensions in this critical part of the world. In addition to
proposing a "grand bargain" between Turkey and the Kurds, it
advocates greater support for increased liberalism and democracy, a
renewed commitment by both Europe and Turkey to promote EU
membership, a historic compromise with Armenia, and greater Western
engagement with Turkish Cypriots.
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