Turkey, as an ex-imperial power, is all in favor of empires guaranteeing law and order on its borders. Turkey's and America's basic interests with regard to Iraq are identical. They both want a stable and rational Iraq that would use its considerable oil wealth in order to improve its own lot. But there doesn't seem to be very much prospect of that at the moment.
Turkey's relations with its immediate neighbors are improving. They were pretty bad for a long time - with Syria they were abominable, and with Iran … - Andrew Mango
Turkey's relations with its immediate neighbors are improving. They were pretty bad for a long time - with Syria they were abominable, and with Iran …
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There was a time when Istanbul was one of the safest cities in the world, because people were afraid of the police. People are no longer as afraid of… - Andrew Mango
There was a time when Istanbul was one of the safest cities in the world, because people were afraid of the police. People are no longer as afraid of…
Historically Turkey hasn't had much success in attracting foreign investment. Slowly that is changing. There's a tradition of arbitrary decisions by … - Andrew Mango
Historically Turkey hasn't had much success in attracting foreign investment. Slowly that is changing. There's a tradition of arbitrary decisions by …
Turkey has had a customs union with Europe since 1996, and there's free trade in everything other than farm products and services. And Turkey has sho… - Andrew Mango
Turkey has had a customs union with Europe since 1996, and there's free trade in everything other than farm products and services. And Turkey has sho…
There are of course economic advantages to having Turkey as a member of the European club. It's a developing country with a large, reasonably well-tr… - Andrew Mango
There are of course economic advantages to having Turkey as a member of the European club. It's a developing country with a large, reasonably well-tr…
Accepting Turkey as a member of the European club means that the club is open to outsiders, to Muslims, to poorer people, to developing countries, to… - Andrew Mango
Accepting Turkey as a member of the European club means that the club is open to outsiders, to Muslims, to poorer people, to developing countries, to…
In Turkey religion not only affects society but is affected by it, which is why Turkish Islam differs from Arab Islam. It's a more modern, more ratio… - Andrew Mango
In Turkey religion not only affects society but is affected by it, which is why Turkish Islam differs from Arab Islam. It's a more modern, more ratio…
There's opposition in Europe to Turkish membership because these are the inevitable fears of energetic, poorer, Muslim outsiders who will come in and… - Andrew Mango
There's opposition in Europe to Turkish membership because these are the inevitable fears of energetic, poorer, Muslim outsiders who will come in and…
Turkey's relationship with the West is a love-hate one. There are people in Turkey who want to open to the outside world and others who are frightene… - Andrew Mango
Turkey's relationship with the West is a love-hate one. There are people in Turkey who want to open to the outside world and others who are frightene…
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