This revised and updated version of William Hale’s Turkish Foreign Policy 1774-2000 offers a comprehensive and analytical survey of Turkish foreign policy since the last quarter of the eighteenth century, when the Turks’ relations with the rest of the world entered their most critical phase.
In recent years Turkey’s international role has changed and expanded dramatically, and the new edition revisits the chapters and topics covered in light of these changes. Drawing on newly available information and ideas, the author carefully alters the earlier historical narrative while preserving the clarity and accessibility of the original. Combining the long historical perspective with a detailed survey and analysis of the most recent developments, this book fills a clear gap in the literature on Turkey’s modern history. For readers with a broader interest in international history, it also offers a crucial example of how a medium sized power has acted in the international environment.
Introduction 1. Foreign Relations of the Late Ottoman Empire, 1774-1918 2. Resistance, Reconstruction and Diplomacy, 1918-1939 3. Turkey and the Second World War, 1939-1945 4. Turkey and the Cold War: the Engagement Phase, 1945-1963 5. Turkey and the Cold War: Global Shifts and Regional Conflicts, 1964-1990 6. Turkish Foreign Policy after the Cold War: Strategic Options and the Domestic and Economic Environments 7. Turkey and the West after the Cold War (i) Turkey and the United States 8. Turkey and Regional Politics after the Cold War: (ii) Turkey and the European Union 9. Turkey and Regional Politics after the Cold War: (i) Greece, Cyprus and the Balkans 10. Turkey and Regional Politics after the Cold War: (ii) Russia, the Black Sea, Transcaucasia, and central Asia 11. Turkey and Regional Politics after the Cold War: (iii) The Middle East, and the Wider World 12. Conclusions and Prospects Bibliography Index
Biography
William Hale is a former Professor of Turkish Politics in the School of Oriental and African Studies of the University of London.
Praise for previous editions:
"an illuminating insight into the continuities as well as the changes in Turkey"s relations with the outside world since the middle of the Eighteen Century...a masterly study that includes useful historical maps and an exhaustively impressive Bibliography"
International Affairs
"an up to the minute account that should satisfy all those who need to understand the motives of Turkish diplomacy today, and to evaluate its results...One of the many merits of Hale"s study is that it relates foreign policy to the Turkish domestic scene, in particular to government instability in the last decade and the mismanagement of the economy which started even earlier."
Choice
"combines sound scholarship and analysis, presented in a clear,readable manner. Highly recommended as both an undergraduate and graduate text and a reference work for scholars."
"provides greater insight into Turkish foreign policy development and should be read by scholars seeking a thorough understanding of the impetus behind Turkey"s changing role in international relations"
- Journal of Peace Research
"a meticulously researched and lucidly written book with an impressive biography and useful maps. Students and scholars of Turkish foreign policy will be well served by this book for years to come"
- International Journal of Middle East Studies
" a masterful, detailed study of Turkey"s foreign policy after the end of the cold war and the disintegration of the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia... a superb work, a gold mine of reliable and detached information on Turkey"s domestic and foreign affairs. It is both a political history of Turkey and an excellent study of Turkish foreign policy based on official documents and publications as well as on most of the books and articles on the topic."
- The International History Review’
