Book contents
- Turkey Between Democracy and Authoritarianism
- Turkey Between Democracy and Authoritarianism
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Maps and Tables
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 A Long Wave of Urbanization
- 3 From Military Rule to Civilian Politics
- 4 Islamists in Power
- 5 Uneven Economic Development and Domestic Politics
- 6 The Kurdish Revolt: Nationalism and Ethnicity
- 7 Between Europe and the Middle East
- 8 Women’s Call for Democracy
- 9 Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
7 - Between Europe and the Middle East
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 August 2019
- Turkey Between Democracy and Authoritarianism
- Turkey Between Democracy and Authoritarianism
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Maps and Tables
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 A Long Wave of Urbanization
- 3 From Military Rule to Civilian Politics
- 4 Islamists in Power
- 5 Uneven Economic Development and Domestic Politics
- 6 The Kurdish Revolt: Nationalism and Ethnicity
- 7 Between Europe and the Middle East
- 8 Women’s Call for Democracy
- 9 Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
This chapter examines Turkey’s foreign relations and the role of global and domestic developments in their evolution since 1980. In the bipolar world of the Cold War era, Turkey was part of the West, and its foreign policy focused mostly if not exclusively on security issues. After the end of the Cold War and the transition to a globalizing world order, security issues continued to be important. However, domestic politics, particularly changes in Turkey’s political regime and the decline in democracy, international politics in Turkey’s neighborhood, economics, and other concerns began to play greater roles in shaping foreign policy. This new world presented more opportunities and also more risks for Turkey.
Due to its strategic location, Turkey could not stay out of the rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union and remain neutral during the Cold War. It did not have sufficient economic, military, and technological resources to protect itself if it chose neutrality.
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- Turkey between Democracy and Authoritarianism , pp. 193 - 227Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019