The Foreign Policy Of Turkey On The Borderline Between Europe And The Middle East Essay

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The foreign policy of Turkey on the borderline
between Europe and the Middle East
Nikolay Valov
Fellow School of Foreign Service
Prof. S.A. Baynard
MSFS-666
November 30, 2005
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Table of content
I. Abstract........................................................................................................................... 3
II. Historic preview of Republic of Turkey ........................................................................ 5
III. Regional policy Turkey-European Union..................................................................... 6
1. EU membership .......................................................................................................... 7
2. Security issues............................................................................................................. 9
3. Energy issues ........................................................................................................... 11
IV. Regional policy Turkey – the Middle East ................................................................. 14
1. Turkish-Iraqi relations – northern Iraq (Kurd issue)................................................. 16
2. Turkey – Israel relations and their impact on Arabic world ..................................... 17
3. Euphrates-Tigris water issue..................................................................................... 18
4. Turkey-Iran: regional leadership competition .......................................................... 19
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“Peace at home, peace in the world”
Kemal Ataturk
I. Abstract
During the last decade Turkey faces both old and new challenges in its
international relations particularly in light of development of regional cooperation and
new thinking towards post communist states in South East Europe as a result of the end
of the Cold war. Even Turkey’s long-standing relations with the West, particularly
Europe and the United States, are undergoing peaks and dips because of...