| Winning Turkey
How America, Europe, and Turkey
Can Revive a Fading Partnership
Philip H. Gordon
Omer Taspinar
Brookings Institution Press
Washington, D.C.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication data
Gordon, Philip H., 1962–
Winning Turkey : how America, Europe, and Turkey can revive a fading
partnership / Philip Gordon and Omer Taspinar.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary: “Explains current situation and designs a plan to ease tensions in
Turkey. Proposes a ‘grand bargain’ between Turkey and the Kurds, advocating
greater support for increased liberalism and democracy, renewed European and
Turkish commitment to promote EU membership, a historic compromise with
Armenia, and greater Western engagement with Turkish Cypriots”—Provided by publisher.
ISBN 978-0-8157-3215-0 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1. Minorities—Government policy—Turkey 2. Islam and politics—Turkey
3. Turkey—Politics and government—1980– 4. Turkey—Ethnic relations
5. European Union—Turkey. 6. United States—Foreign relations—Turkey.
7. Turkey—Foreign relations—United States. I. Taspinar, Omer, 1970–
II. Title.
JQ1803.5.M5G67 2008
327.561—dc22 2008030573
9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
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