POLS G4845 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Kurdistan Workers' Party, Gulf War, Axis Powers
18 Apr 2016
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30% arable, lots of water neighboring countries: syria, iraq, iraq have longest borders, lots of maritime borders too. 80 million people, 28. 6 years average only 99. 8% muslim, mostly sunni. 70-75% turkish, 18% kurdish economic growth dramatic in 12 years since akp took power, gdp in 2006 was billion, in 2013 . 3 trillion tripled. Mostly in asia, only small part in europe. Collapse of soviet union bordering countries no longer exist, new countries created. Russia which was turkey"s longtime nemesis no longer bordered it. Strategic change for turkey prior to fall of ussr foreign policy was focused on being part of nato and deterring ussr influence, did not engage with mena region. Ussr collapse presents turkey with existential question in absence of cold war, 1990"s rise of iran/iraq wmd programs turkey shifts focus to its borders with me. 19th century great game between brits and russians for influence. Nato and eu bring in eastern european countries, not turkey.
