... for Greek-Turkish and Euro-Turkish Relations Costas Melakopides Convoluted and controversial developments preceded the accession of the Republic of Cyprus to the European Union on 1 May 2004. They demon- strated anew that important foreign power...

...Richard Weitz Relations between Russia and Turkey continue to deepen. This change from Cold War–era animosity began even before the advent of the new Turkish government led by the Justice and Development Party (AKP) but has accelerated since then. The leaders of both countries meet frequently, and...

... Beirut might give the reader some indication, as would the fact that both editors and four other contributors are Turkish. This book is about “the cities of commerce of the southern and eastern shores of the Mediterranean that have been spaces of links, networks, and riches, also awash by con...

... Treaty of Guarantee, Turkey invaded the island republic ostensibly to restore the status quo ante. The Turkish invasion helped sweep away the weak but brutal Greek dictator- ship and paved the road for the return of civilian democratic rule in Greece. Sensing the weakness of the Greek side and the...

...Dominique Maillard Dominique Maillard is vice dean in charge of international relations at the Université Paris-Est Créteil. Grigoriadis Ioannis N. : Trials of Europeanization: Turkish Political Culture and the European Union . New York : Palgrave Macmillan , 2009 . 424...

...Kadir Ustun; Kilic Bugra Kanat US-Turkish relations are in the best shape of recent memory. President Barack Obama’s first official overseas visit (in 2009) was meant to start a new type of relationship with Turkey, dubbed the “model partnership,” but the bilateral relations received particular...

...Göktürk Tüysüzoğlu The change in Turkish foreign policy in the twenty-first century’s second decade has its origin in the approach referred to by Turkish foreign minister Ahmet Davutoglu as Strategic Depth. Because it aims to give Turkey status as a Eurasian power, this approach has been described...

...Burak Erdenir This essay analyzes the change in value orientations of Turkish society in recent decades with reference to the Europeanization process the country has been going through, particularly that embodied in the European Union accession process. As the Europeanization of Turkish political...

... civilian control in their discourses. Hakan Sahin is a lieutenant colonel in the Turkish Army. He teaches at the Turkish Army War College, Istanbul. Copyright 2016 by Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2016 military in Turkey political thought military intervention democratic control of...

...Aneta Hlavsová; Kristýna Tamchynová; Radka Havlová This essay analyses the role of public opinion in the formation of US and Turkish policy toward the conflict in Syria. The United States and Turkey were chosen because they are key players in the Syrian conflict. In both countries, public opinion...

...Nazmi Akiman Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2002 Nazmi Akiman served as Turkish ambassador to Greece from 1984 to 1989. As a career Foreign Service officer, he also served as Turkey's ambassador to Spain and Cuba. The author is grateful to Tozun Bahcheli of King's College, London,Ontario...

...Michael B. Bishku Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2003 Michael B. Bishku is associate professor of history at Augusta State University, Georgia. Turkish-Bulgarian Relations: From Conflict and Distrust to Cooperation over Minority Issues and International Politics...

...Theodora Kalaitzaki Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2005 Theodora Kalaitzaki, a resident of Athens, recently received her PhD in international relations at Bilkent University in Ankara, Turkey. US Mediation in Greek-Turkish Disputes since 1954...

...Fotios Moustakis; Rudra Chaudhuri 2005 Fotios Moustakis is senior lecturer in strategic studies at the Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth. Rudra Chaudhuri is a researcher at the Department of Politics, University of Exeter. Turkish-Kurdish Relations and the...

...Evaggelos G. Vallianatos Speros Vryonis Jr.: The Mechanism of Catastrophe: The Turkish Pogrom of September 6–7, 1955, and the Destruction of the Greek Community of Istanbul . New York: Greekworks, 2005. 660 pages. ISBN 978-0-9747660-3-4. $75. Evaggelos G. Vallianatos holds a doctorate in...

...Stephen C. Calleya EU-Turkish Relations: Prospects and Problems Stephen C. Calleya The decision taken by the European Commission in October 2005 to open accession negotiations with Turkey will have far-reaching consequences for the future of Europe and its...

.... Modernity and Economic Nationalism in the Formation of Turkish Nationalism Cevdet Yılmaz and Mustafa S¸ahin Nationalism is a highly debated concept and does not have a uniform or stan- dard meaning. Adding an adjective before the concept, as we do, may further increase...

... Provisions of the Ottoman/ Turkish Governments Regarding Minorities and Their Properties Anastasia Lekka In this essay I explore the enactment of legislative measures by the Turkish or Ottoman authorities, which sought to regulate minority affairs...

...Donald M. Payne Turkish Politics Donald M. Payne In the face of the US political and strategic quagmire in Iraq, Turkey — a North Atlantic Treaty Organization ally — seems oblivious to the conse- quences of its actions and ignores its promises...

... Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. Reviews  123 move beyond impressions about Turkey’s human rights policies to a comprehensive, scholarly treatment of this subject in the research of twenty-one scholars from Turkish and other academic centers. One may even...