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Turkey : what everyone needs to know /
Turkey occupies a strategic position in today's world: the only predominantly Muslim nation to be a member of NATO and an ally of Israel, it straddles both Europe and Asia. Turkey is the link between Islam and Western democracy, between Europe and the Middle East. In this concise introduction,...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press, USA,
[2012]
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| Colección: | What everyone needs to know.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Turkey occupies a strategic position in today's world: the only predominantly Muslim nation to be a member of NATO and an ally of Israel, it straddles both Europe and Asia. Turkey is the link between Islam and Western democracy, between Europe and the Middle East. In this concise introduction, Andrew Finkel, who has spent twenty years in Turkey writing about the country for publications such as The Economist and Time magazine, unravels Turkey's complexities. He sets the complications and transformations of present-day Turkey against the historical background of the Ottoman Empire, the secular. |
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| Notas: | "Release date: March 2, 2012." |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (225 pages). |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780199938223 0199938229 128059344X 9781280593444 9781461904199 1461904196 9780199939107 0199939101 |