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Author Dursun-Özkanca, Oya, author

Title Turkey-West relations : the politics of intra-alliance opposition / Oya Dursun-Özkanca
Published Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2019

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 214 pages) : illustrations
Contents Framework of itra-alliance opposition -- Turkish foreign policy in the western Balkans -- The Turkish veto over the EU-NATO security exchange -- The EU-Turkey deal on refugees -- Turkey's energy policies -- Turkish rapprochement with Russia in security -- Turkey's foreign policy on Syria and Iraq -- Turkey and the West : What Next?
Summary "Turkey's strategic geopolitical positioning as a bridge between Europe, the Middle East, the Balkans, the Mediterranean, the Black Sea, and South Caucasus, and its religious, cultural, and historical affiliations with countries in its immediate neighborhood, make it an indispensable actor in European and transatlantic security. In the early 1950s, Turkey was so eager to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) that it fought in the Korean War and incurred heavy casualties. Subsequently, it has traditionally been well embedded in Western security infrastructures"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 06, 2020)
Subject North Atlantic Treaty Organization -- Turkey
European Union -- Turkey
SUBJECT European Union fast
North Atlantic Treaty Organization fast
Subject Diplomatic relations
SUBJECT Turkey -- Foreign relations -- 21st century
Turkey -- Foreign relations -- Western countries
Western countries -- Foreign relations -- Turkey
Subject Turkey
Western countries
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2019027237
ISBN 9781316998960
1316998967