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Middle East Review of International Affairs
Between Europe and the Middle East: The Transformation of Turkish Policy
by Kemal Kirisci
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Abstract
This article examines the drastic changes taking place in Turkey's domestic and foreign policy driven by prospects of EU membership. One of the most critical challenges for Turkish foreign policymakers will be how to handle problems coming out of the Middle East, especially regarding post-war Iraq. How Turkey responds to these challenges, as well as the policy Europe takes toward Turkey, will have a lasting impact on the nature of the republic itself.
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Note *: Kemal Kirisci is the Jean Monnet professor at Bogazici University in Istanbul, Turkey. Prof. Kirisci's previous articles in MERIA Journal include "Turkey and the United States: Ambivalent Allies," Vol. 2, No. 4 (December 1998); and "Turkish Security and the Middle East," Vol. 1, No. 2 (July 1997).
Versions of this article were previously presented as "Turkey Between the Middle East and Europe: Assessing the Impact of the Aftermath of the U.S. Intervention in Iraq on Turkey and Turkish Foreign Policy," a draft paper prepared for presentation at IFRI, Paris, December 12, 2003; and "The West and Its Institutions: Losing Allies but Gaining Converts — the Case of Turkey," a paper presented at the conference on Geopolitical Change, the Use of Force, and New Strategic Doctrines, September 12-14, 2004, Lansdowne Resort, Leesburg, Virginia. Back