[PDF] Cold War Turkey Middle East eBook

Author : Mustafa Bilgin
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 22,30 MB
Release : 2007-10-24
Category : History
ISBN : 0857711059

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In the first work documenting Anglo-Turkish relations in the Middle East in the early Cold War period, Mustafa Bilgin identifies two very distinct stages in the relationship between Britain and Turkey. Before 1952 Turkey relied heavily on Britain to protect it from the 'Soviet menace'. In return for Britain's support, Turkey acted as an honest broker in Britain's increasingly difficult relations with key Middle Eastern states such as Egypt, Iran and Iraq. However Turkey's realisation that it could not rely on Britain, encouraged by Britain's blocking of Turkish membership of NATO in 1952, led to a new alliance between Turkey and the US. This is the first book to understand the development of the Cold War in the Middle East by exploring the Turkish case. 'Britain and Turkey in the Middle East' is crucial to grasping the nature of Western strategy in general and British and Turkish strategy in particular during the crucial early years of the Cold War.

Author : Behçet Kemal YEŞİLBURSA
Publisher : Sentez Yayıncılık
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 24,28 MB
Release :
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 625790627X

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Arka Kapak Tanıtım Yazısı : An essential guide to the culture, confficts and politics of the Cold War, the Middle East and Turkey. Clodem Salim, Indiana University It is a useful book to understand Turkey's Cold War years. reflecting the vigour of research on diverse archival collections. Hazal Papuççular, Istanbul Kültür University Based on British archival documents, Behcet Kemal Yesilbursa has written the history of Turkey within the context of the 20th century international developments This book has a virtue of analysing both domestic and foreign dimensions of Turkish politics. This deftly written work provides necessary information on the 20th century Turkey for history readers. Dilek Barlas, KOC University The book offers a comprehensive and rich spectrum of articles on Turkeys Cold war policies based on archival research to revisit several significant developments of the period. Ayşegül Sever, Marmara University Examining Turkeys recent history from the perspective of British archival documents, this book is a multifaceted study in political science and political sociology. With its different perspectives on the subject matter at hand, it goes beyond the scope of a typical history book Esra Özsüer, Istanbul University A profoundly documented and fascinating discourse into a less studied period of Turkish foreign policy in the Middle East during the Cold War, the knowledge of which is of utmost importance for understanding Ankara's current stance in regional affairs. Lillana Elena Boşcan, Bucharest University Behcet Kemal Yesilbursa offers readers a thorough analysis of important events in Turkey's domestic and foreign policy. Each of the social political and economic changes that occurred in the past hundred years is examined individually from an original pers,oective. Referring to the British archival documents, Yesilbursa provkles a different view of the Cold War era and its impact on Turkey, and the historical roots of the nationalist movements in the Middle East. I believe this work will be an invaluable reference source for young academicians studying these topics. F. Rezzan Ünalp, Ufuk University

Author : George McGhee
Publisher : Springer
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 23,47 MB
Release : 2016-07-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1349205036

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This book describes the historical background of the Middle East and, in particular, Turkey, prior to the end of World War II. It takes up the various steps taken by the United States to combat Soviet moves after the war to take over this strategic area. It describes the inception of the Truman Doctrine to rearm and strengthen Greece and Turkey in the face of British withdrawal, the unsuccessful efforts made by the United States and Britain to establish a Middle East command or defense organisation, and the successful U.S. efforts to get Turkey into NATO, which blocked Soviet entry. '...Ambassador McGhee has chronicled the events which led to Turkey's accession to NATO with great clarity and in a most interesting and readable fashion. He throws a fascinating light on the relationship between the United States of America and Turkey and the personalities involved. This book not only deserves to be read, but it deserves study by all of those who are interested in Defence and Foreign Affairs.' Lord Carrington

Author : Patricia Carley
Publisher :
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 19,88 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Middle East
ISBN :

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Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Background -- 3. Historical and Geostrategic Context -- 4. Turkey, the Kurds, and Relations with Iraq -- 5. Turkey and Iran -- 6. Turkey, Syria, and the Water Crisis -- 7. Turkey and the Middle East Peace Process -- 8. Conclusion: Turkey's Future Role in the Middle East -- Conference Participants -- About the Author -- About the Institute.

Author : Yezid Sayigh
Publisher : Clarendon Press
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 46,92 MB
Release : 1997-05-22
Category :
ISBN : 0191571512

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The Cold War has been researched in minute detail and written about at great length but it remains one of the most elusive and enigmatic conflicts of modern times. With the ending of the Cold War, it is now possible to review the entire post-war period, to examine the Cold War as history. The Middle East occupies a special place in the history of the Cold War. It was critical to its birth, its life and its demise. In the aftermath of the Second World War, it became one of the major theatres of the Cold War on account of its strategic importance and its oil resources. The key to the international politics of the Middle East during the Cold War era is the relationship between external powers and local powers. Most of the existing literature on the subject focuses on the policies of the Great Powers towards the local region. The Cold War and the Middle East redresses the balance by concentrating on the policies of the local actors. It looks at the politics of the region not just from the outside in but from the inside out. The contributors to this volume are leading scholars in the field whose interests combine International Relations and Middle Eastern Studies.

Author : Bruce Robellet Kuniholm
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 534 pages
File Size : 32,63 MB
Release : 2014-07-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1400855756

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Bruce Kuniholm takes a regional perspective to focus on postwar diplomacy in Iran, Turkey, and Greece and efforts in these countries to maintain their independence from the Great Powers. Drawing on a wide variety of secondary sources, government documents, private papers, unpublished memoirs, and extensive interviews with key figures, he shows how the traditional struggle for power along the Northern Tier was a major factor in the origins and development of the Cold War between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. Originally published in 1980. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Author : C. Örnek Konu
Publisher : Springer
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 16,34 MB
Release : 2013-07-12
Category : History
ISBN : 1137326697

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This volume examines the cultural and ideological dimensions of the Cold War in Turkey. Departing from the conventional focus on diplomacy and military, the collection focuses on Cold War's impact on Turkish society and intellectuals. It includes chapters on media and propaganda, literature, sports, as well as foreign aid and assistance.

Author : Reem Abou-El-Fadl
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 30,27 MB
Release : 2018-12-13
Category : History
ISBN : 1108475043

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A comparison of Turkey's and Egypt's diverging foreign policies during the Cold War in light of their leaderships' nation making projects.

Author : Huseyin Cakal
Publisher : LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 39,64 MB
Release : 2015-12-29
Category :
ISBN : 9783659821325

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This book touches on an unknown theme in the trajectory of the Cold War: the "contribution" of Turkey to the origins of the Cold War in the Middle East. Undoubtedly, the immediate post-war environment in that part of the world did not resemble something different from the years-old strategic environment, namely continuous great power rivalry for hegemony over the region. At this juncture, Turkey's contribution happened to be a catalyst in the deterioration of the pragmatist wartime partnership between the Soviet Union and the Western Allies. In this regard, Turkish policymakers stressed the power and inevitability of Russian attack in the event of lack of British and American opposition. Nevertheless, what is interesting is that during the period concerned, the danger to the security of the free world did arise not so much from the threat of direct Soviet military aggression toward the Middle East. Imperial rivalries and dynastic ambitions suffice to explain the bulk of the postwar situation in the Middle East and thereby gave enough clue for the origins of the Cold War in that part of the world.