Turkey, the Challenge of a New Role

Turkey, the Challenge of a New Role

Andrew Mango

The Washington Papers

Written by an author with an intimate and commanding knowledge of modern Turkey, this essay is a significant contribution to the debate on Turkey’s current predicament and its potential role in the emerging “new world order.” In nine trenchant chapters, Dr. Mango examines virtually all the major problems confronting Turkey today and provides the reader with both information and insights.
Feroz Ahmad, Professor of History and University Research Professor
University of Massachusetts, Boston

Andrew Mango presents a balanced treatment of the very sensitive issues with which Turkey is grappling and places them in historical perspective. He stresses the continued importance of the U.S.-Turkey relationship to the turbulent, uncertain international system emerging from the cold war, but does not gloss over the serious domestic challenges facing Turkey. This valuable book surely furthers our understanding of Turkey’s role in the international arena.
Alan K. Simpson, Minority Whip, United States Senate

Andrew Mango was for 14 years in charge of broadcasts in Turkish for the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), later heading the BBC's South European Service and its French Language Service. The former publisher of Turkey Confidential, a monthly newsletter on Turkish affairs, Dr. Mango is an honorary research associate of the Modern Turkish Studies Program at the University of London. He served as a member of the editorial board for the Turkish edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica.
Dr. Mango visits Turkey several times a year for academic purposes or journalistic assignments. He was born in Istanbul in 1926 and educated there at the English High School. In 1955 he received his Ph.D. from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, where he complemented his knowledge of Turkish by reading Persian and Arabic. Dr. Mango’s books include Turkey (1968), Discovering Turkey (1971), and Turkey: A Delicately Poised Ally (1975). His articles on Turkey and the Middle East have appeared in Middle Eastern Studies and numerous other journals and books.