Book contents
- The Remaking of Republican Turkey
- The Remaking of Republican Turkey
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 A Nation Votes
- 2 Turkey Attends the American Classroom
- 3 Asia in Europe, Europe in Asia
- 4 Multipurpose Empire
- 5 Making the Past Modern
- 6 Ottomans, Arabs, and Americans
- 7 The Path to Progress and to God
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
6 - Ottomans, Arabs, and Americans
Geography and Identity in Turkish Diplomacy
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 June 2021
- The Remaking of Republican Turkey
- The Remaking of Republican Turkey
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 A Nation Votes
- 2 Turkey Attends the American Classroom
- 3 Asia in Europe, Europe in Asia
- 4 Multipurpose Empire
- 5 Making the Past Modern
- 6 Ottomans, Arabs, and Americans
- 7 The Path to Progress and to God
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Chapter 6 explores how ideas about history and geography shaped Turkey’s relations with NATO and the Arab world. After joining NATO by de-emphasizing the alliance’s geographic character, Turkey went on to embrace NATO membership as proof of its European identity. Subsequently, Turkish and American officials clashed over what it meant for Turkey to be a “bridge between East and West.” During the 1950s, Turkey’s initial sympathy toward the Arab world quickly transformed into hostility as Arab nationalism took a pro-Soviet turn. As a result, Arabs who were initially seen as victims of British imperialism suddenly, in a Cold War context, became agents of Soviet imperialism instead.
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- The Remaking of Republican TurkeyMemory and Modernity since the Fall of the Ottoman Empire, pp. 150 - 187Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021