ISBN:
(13) 978-1-85207-841-6
Extent:
1 volume, 250 pages
Editor: Dr Ara Sanjian Published: 2001 Paper: Printed on acid free paper Binding: Library bindings with gilt finish |
RESUMÉ
HISTORICAL OVERVIEW
From the Preface, by Dr Ara Sanjian
Turkey´s renewed activism in Middle Eastern politics since the collapse of the Soviet Union
and Iraq´s invasion of Kuwait in 1990, in particular her deepening political and military
ties with Israel, her ongoing diplomatic disputes with both Syria and Iraq over the use of
the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, the links which Ankara says its two Arab neighbours have
with the Kurdish insurgency inside Turkey, have all combined to rekindle academic interest in
the history of Turkish-Arab relations.
Turks and Arabs have been neighbours for centuries and, for some four hundred years, most of
the Arab-populated lands in the Middle East were part of the Ottoman empire. Even after that
empire´s disintegration at the end of the First World War, geography has dictated that Turkey
and the newly-established Arab states south of her border continue to pay regular and due
attention to each other´s motives and policies when pursuing their separate political
agendas.
CONTENTS OUTLINE
Chapter Headings
1. Turks and Arabs in the Cold War Setting
2. The Middle East Collective Defence Project and Its Impact on Turkish-Arab Relations
3. The ´Northern Tier´ Project
4. The Formulation of the Baghdad Pact
5. The Search for More Arab Allies
6. Divergence in Policy
7. The Suez War: expectations and disappointment
8. The Fightback
9. "Perhaps the Gravest Crisis since the War..."
10. The Era of the Two Arab Unions
11. The End of the Road: revolution in Iraq
Index.
KEY DOCUMENTS