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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All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without permission in writing from the Brookings Institution Press. 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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