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The author draws attention to the strong state tradition and the
pluralistic society that both prevailed in Turkey. He argues that
the Turkish state tradition envisages centralization, social
cohesion and an obedient political culture. Through the
modernization process of the last century, it has tried to change
the society from top to down, and built an ideological and
unitarian public sphere. However, the transition to multi-party
system in 1950 and the liberalization policies that followed in the
post-1980s have prepared the ground for different social movements
to come into existence in the same public arena. Social movements
which developed particularly among Kurds, Alevis and women
emphasize social diversity, pluralism, participation, limited
authority, freedom and human rights. They, thus, have paved the way
for the transformation of the ideological public sphere into a
plural and a civil public domain. The author follows the traces of
all these developments from the Ottoman Empire to the last decades
of the Republican Turkey. Moving from the case of Turkey he makes
an important contribution to the literature on various issues such
as civil society, public sphere, modernization, democracy, and
social movements.
Contents: Preface; Introduction; Theoretical Study of U.S.-Turkish
Relations; Foreign Policy Formation in Turkey and USA; U.S.-Turkish
Military relations 1960-1975; The Baghdad Pact and Turkish-American
Relations; The Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962 and Turkey; The
Cyprus Question Between 1960 and 1965 and its Effect upon
Turkish-American Relations; The Cyprus Question Between 1965 and
1975 and its Effect upon Turkish-American Relations; The Opium
Issue and Turkish-American Relations; Turkish-American Relations in
the 1980's: Co-operation and Problems; Turkish-American Relations
in the Post-Cold War Period; Conclusion; Appendices; Bibliography;
Index.
This book mainly focuses on the Cyprus question as a pivotal issue
of Turkish foreign policy and Turkish-American relations. The
Cyprus question was a constant factor in US-Turkish relations in
the past and it still conditions the Turkish-American alliance,
which is an important element of the present international
relations. The period covered in this book is from 1960-1975. After
experiencing a perfect honeymoon period in the 1950s, the
durability, strength and cohesion of the US-Turkish alliance were
tested by severe problems between 1960 and 1975. At the core of all
the problems was there the Cyprus question, affecting the general
tendency of the relationship between the two countries and the
attitude of policy-makers of both states. Finally, the period
covering from 1974 onward up to the present is generally studied
with particular emphasis on Turkish-American relations and a
supplementary chapter at the end of the book gives the latest
developments from the Turkish point of view.
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