Turkish politics and the military / William Hale.
Turkey's geographical position, between the Middle East and Europe and at the centre of the current upheavals in the USSR and the Balkans, has led to a reawakening of interest in its international standing. Meanwhile its domestic politics are of increasing interest and Turkey seems to have beco...
Saved in:
| Online Access: |
Full Text (via Taylor & Francis) |
|---|---|
| Main Author: | |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
London ; New York :
Routledge,
1994.
|
| Subjects: |
| Summary: | Turkey's geographical position, between the Middle East and Europe and at the centre of the current upheavals in the USSR and the Balkans, has led to a reawakening of interest in its international standing. Meanwhile its domestic politics are of increasing interest and Turkey seems to have become a model for Liberal Democracy in Central Asia. David Hale focuses on the role of the military in contemporary politics. He author argues that the military has behaved quite differently from its counterparts in other third world states: it has acted in some degree as a guardian of the state, committed. |
|---|---|
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 369 pages) : map. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-358) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781136101403 1136101403 1299865941 9781299865945 9781315002231 131500223X |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Source of description: Print version record. |