Turkish Foreign Policy 1919–2006
Facts and Analyses with Documents

Edited by Baskin Oran
Translated by Mustafa Aksin

Available June 2008
896 pp., 8½ x 11
Cloth $100.00s
ISBN 978-0-87480-904-6
Middle East/Turkey

At the intersection of many powerful global forces, modern Turkey—a region of enduring interest for power politics—has often been treated as peripheral to other fields of study such as Europe, Russia, or China. Shaped by the crossing of cultures and traditions between Europe and Asia, this land has felt the influence of several great world-historical civilizations and empires, as well as Orthodox Christianity, Catholicism, Protestantism, Judaism, and Islam.

Already a classic textbook in Turkey, Turkish Foreign Policy is the only comprehensive work that covers Turkish foreign policy from the end of Ottoman rule in 1919 to the present. Now translated into English, this book, as a study of Turkish foreign policy, incorporates nearly all major issues, factors, and interactions. The contributors are among the most distinguished scholars in Turkey specializing in Turkish foreign policy.

Turkish Foreign Policy will be a critical source of information for specialists in international relations, readers interested in Turkey, and students who need clear information and insightful analyses.

“To put it briefly, Turkish Foreign Policy is the most comprehensive analysis of its subject matter.”
— Atila Eralp

Baskin Oran is professor emeritus of international relations at Ankara University.

Mustafa Aksin is the former Turkish ambassador to the United Nations.

Contributors
Atay Akdevelioğlu, Ankara University
Gökçen Alpkaya, Ankara University
Tuğrul Arat, TOBB Economy and Technology University, Ankara
Mustafa Aydın, TOBB Economy and Technology University, Ankara
Sanem Baykal, Ankara University
Çağrı Erhan, Ankara University
Melek Fırat, Ankara University
Ömer Kürkçüoğlu, Ankara University
Kudret Özersay, Eastern Mediterranean University
Erel Tellal, Ankara University
İlhan Uzgel, Ankara University