Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xxxix, 458 pages)
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illustrations
Edition:
5th ed
Series Statement:
Area handbook series 550-80
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 399-423) and index
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Ancient Anatolia. Hittites ; Phrygians and Lydians ; Armenians and Kurds ; Greeks -- Rome and the Byzantine Empire -- Turkish origins. Great Seljuks ; Sultanate of Rum ; The crusades -- The Ottoman Empire. Ottoman institutions ; Selim I and Süleyman the Magnificent ; Köprülü era ; External threats and internal transformations ; The young Turks ; World War I -- Atatürk and the Turkish nation. Plans for partitioning Turkey ; Nationalist movement ; War of independence ; Atatürk's reforms ; Foreign policy -- Turkey after Atatürk. World War II ; Multiparty politics, 1946-60 ; The armed forces coup and interim rule, 1960-61 ; Politics and foreign relations in the 1960s -- Crisis in Turkish democracy. Politics and elections in the 1970s ; Conflict and diplomacy: Cyprus and beyond ; The economy: an unresolved issue ; Challenges to public order -- Military intervention and the return to civilian rule. Military interlude ; Politics and the return to civilian rule ; Economic stabilization and prospects for the 1990s -- Geography. External boundaries ; Geology ; Landform regions ; Climate -- Population. Population density, distribution, and settlement ; Migration ; Government population policies -- Language reform: from Ottoman to Turkish -- Linguistic and ethnic groups. Turks ; Kurds ; Arabs ; Peoples from the Caucasus ; Dönme ; Greeks ; Armenians ; Jews -- Religious life. Islam ; Secularist policies ; Retreat from secularism ; Non-Muslim minorities -- Structure of society. The changing national elite ; Urban life ; Towns ; Village life -- The individual, the family, and gender relations. Marriage ; The extended family ; Gender relations ; The status of women -- Education -- Health and welfare -- Growth and structure of the economy. Economic development ; Reforms under Özal ; Economic performance in the early 1990s ; Structure of the economy -- Human resources and trade unions -- Role of government in the economy. Liberal interlude ; Etatism ; State economic enterprises and privatization ; Development planning ; Budget -- Agriculture. Agricultural policy ; Irrigation ; Land use ; Land tenure ; Cropping patterns and production ; Livestock ; Forestry and fisheries -- Industry. Industrial policy ; Energy ; Mineral resources ; Manufacturing ; Construction -- Services. Banking and finance ; Transportation and telecommunications ; Tourism -- Foreign economic relations. Foreign trade ; Balance of payments ; Regional economic integration -- Outlook -- The constitutional system. Provisions of the 1982 constitution ; Electoral system -- Government. National assembly ; President, council of ministers, and prime minister ; Judiciary ; Provincial and local government ; Civil service -- Political dynamics. Political developments since the 1980 coup ; Political parties ; Political interest groups -- Mass media. Newspapers and periodicals ; Radio and television -- Foreign relations. Dissolution of the Soviet Union ; The Middle East ; European Union ; The United States -- Historical role of the armed forces -- The armed forces and society -- Politics and the military -- External security concerns. Middle Eastern conflicts ; Syria ; Iran ; The Balkans ; Greece and Cyprus -- Turkey's participation in NATO -- Armed forces. Defense spending ; Sources and quality of personnel ; Education and training ; Conditions of service ; Army ; Air force ; Navy ; Uniforms, ranks, and insignia -- Military cooperation with the United States -- Domestic arms industry -- Internal security concerns. Kurdish separatists ; Terrorism of the left ; Armenian terrorism ; Islamists -- Police system. National police ; Gendarmerie ; Intelligence services -- Crime and punishment. Procedures in criminal law ; Incidence of crime ; Narcotics trafficking ; Individual rights ; Penal system.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0844408646
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780844408644
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Turkey, a country study Washington, D.C. : Federal Research Division, Library of Congress, 1996
Language:
English
Keywords:
Government publications
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