Turkey and the West: From Neutrality to Commitment

Yusuf Turan Çetiner

doi:10.5771/9780761861904

Summary

Turkey and the West: From Neutrality to Commitment considers the formulation of Turkish foreign policy in the post-Atatürk period of 1938 to 1958 and discusses Turkey’s uneasy shift from neutrality to become a member of the Western Alliance. Turkey’s decision to ally itself with the Western grouping of states shaped its apprehension of regional and world politics in decades to come. Turkey’s choice, however, was neither adequately perceived nor fully appreciated in the volatile atmosphere of 1950s and onwards and went largely unnoticed on the part of Western democracies. A reinterpretation of Turkey's recent history throws considerable light on the complexities surrounding this strategically important country.

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Edition: 1/2014
Copyright year: 2014
ISBN-Print: 978-0-7618-6189-8
ISBN-Online: 978-0-7618-6190-4
Publisher: Hamilton Books, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 431
Product type: Book Titles

1. Contents No access
2. Abbreviations No access
3. Turkish Pronunciation Guide No access
4. Foreword No access
5. Acknowledgments No access
1. Scope and the Contention No access Pages 1 - 20
2. A Challenged Neutrality: Turkey Under the Pressure of Emerging Rivals (1938–1940) No access Pages 21 - 58
3. The War and Neutral Obligations: Turkish Foreign Policy Vis-à-Vis the Shifting Sands of Wartime Diplomacy (1941–1945) No access Pages 59 - 122
4. Tensions Revealed: Prelude to War Cold and Hot, and the Beginnings of the Turkish Quest for Security (1946) No access Pages 123 - 154
5. Turkey’s Transformation Amidst Forceful Change and Turkish Strategies in Adapting to a New Security Environment (1945–1947) No access Pages 155 - 226
6. War, Cold: Launching of the Western Security Pacts and a Re-Assessment of Turkish Role in the Middle East (1948–1949) No access Pages 227 - 276
7. War, Hot: The Test of Wills in the Korean War and the Turkish Involvement in the Conflict (1950–1952) No access Pages 277 - 316
8. The Northern Tier Arrangements and the Prelude to Regional Divergences (1953–1958) No access Pages 317 - 392
9. Conclusion No access Pages 393 - 404
Bibliography No access Pages 405 - 422
Index of Names and Subjects No access Pages 423 - 430
About the Author No access Pages 431 - 431