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Allies at a Crossroads: Turkey and the United States

Over the years, Turkey has proven to be one of America’s strongest allies, but with the war in Iraq raging on and changing attitudes toward secularism in Turkey, the country is reevaluating its relationship with the U.S.

Bibliography

Carol Migdalovitz.  Iraq: Turkey, the Development of U.S. Forces, and Related Issues. Congressional     Research Service. Washington D.C., 2003.

Kapsis, James E. “From Desert Storm to Metal Storm: How Iraq Has Spoiled US-Turkish Relations.” Current History November, 2005: pg. 380-389.

Harris, George S.  Troubled Alliance; Turkish-American problems in historical perspective, 1945-1971. Washington: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, 1972.

Abramowitz, Morton Ed. The United States and Turkey: allies in need.  New York: Century Foundation Press, 2003.  

Aydin, Mustafa and Cagari Erhan Eds. Turkish-American relations: past, present and future. New York: Routledge, 2004.

“Reluctantly Under the Whip.” The Economist.  January 16, 2003.

“Opening the Northern Front.” The Economist. February 24, 2003.

“A Pivotal Nation Goes into Spin.”  The Economist. May 6, 2003.

“Trouble, Trouble, Trouble.”  The Economist. March 13, 2003.

“A Friendship on Hold.” The Economist.  March 27, 2003.   

“Talking Turkey.” The Economist Global.  April 2, 2003.

“Mending Fences.” The Economist. April 3, 2003.

Gordon, Michael R. “Threats and responses: The allies; U.S. Is Pressing for Turks Help in Move on Iraq.” The New York Times. November 28, 2002.  

Miller, Judith. “Will Turkey Pay for Its Defiance?” The New York Times. March 9, 2003.

Sherwood-Randall, Elizabeth. “Tend to Turkey.”  Democracy Journal. (Fall 2007) no. 6.

Altunisik, Meliha Benli. “Turkey’s Iraq Policy: The War and Beyond.” Journal of Contemporary European Studies. Vol. 14, no. 2, August 2006: pg. 183-196.

Larrabee, F. Stephen and Ian O. Lesser, Eds.  Turkish Policy in an Age of Uncertainty.  Santa Monica: Rand, 2003.
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