Turkey in Transition
In: Global Political Studies
Intro -- TURKEY IN TRANSITION: EU ACCESSION, REUNIFICATION AND FOREIGN POLICY -- TURKEY IN TRANSITION: EU ACCESSION, REUNIFICATION AND FOREIGN POLICY -- LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- TURKEY: POLITICS OF IDENTITY AND POWER -- SUMMARY -- OVERVIEW -- ECONOMIC CONTEXT -- DEMOGRAPHIC SNAPSHOT3 -- HISTORICAL CONTEXT -- POLITICAL SITUATION -- The Lawsuit to Ban the AKP -- Aftermath -- Ergenekon and Other Alleged Plots11 -- Assessment -- 2009 Municipal Elections25 -- Cabinet Changes -- Constitutional Reforms -- ROLE OF THE MILITARY -- KURDISH ISSUE -- PRESS FREEDOM -- FETHULLAH GULEN MOVEMENT54 -- FUTURE POLITICAL POSSIBILITIES -- OVERALL ASSESSMENT -- U.S. POLICY -- End Notes -- EUROPEAN UNION ENLARGEMENT: A STATUS REPORT ON TURKEY'S ACCESSION NEGOTIATIONS -- SUMMARY -- THE EU ACCESSION PROCESS1 -- THE CYPRUS DILEMMA6 -- TURKEY'S INITIAL PATH TO EUROPEAN UNION ACCESSION -- CURRENT STATUS OF TURKEY'S ACCESSION -- POSSIBLE SCENARIOS -- U.S. PERSPECTIVES -- Assessment -- End Notes -- CYPRUS: REUNIFICATION PROVING ELUSIVE -- SUMMARY -- BACKGROUND1 -- Annan Plan -- The Christofias -Talat Negotiations: 2008-2010 -- Leadership Change in North Cyprus -- New Round of Negotiations and Identifying the Issues -- Issues -- EU Trade with North Cyprus -- Assessment -- End Notes -- TURKEY: UPDATE ON CRISIS OF IDENTITY AND POWER -- SUMMARY -- OVERVIEW -- POLITICAL SITUATION -- The Lawsuit to Ban the AKP and Its Aftermath -- Ergenekon -- Role of the Military -- U.S. POLICY -- End Notes -- TURKEY: SELECTED FOREIGN POLICY ISSUES AND U.S. VIEWS -- SUMMARY -- OVERVIEW -- AKP'S APPROACH TO FOREIGN POLICY -- IRAQ -- ISRAELI-SYRIAN TALKS -- SYRIA -- HAMAS -- IRAN -- EUROPEAN UNION -- CYPRUS21 -- ARMENIA -- INCIRLIK AIR BASE -- End Notes -- COUNTRY PROFILE: TURKEY -- COUNTRY -- HISTORICAL BACKGROUND -- GEOGRAPHY -- SOCIETY