| The              Library of Congress>>Especially              for Researchers>>Research              Centers   Home >> Country             Studies >> TurkeyFindinFederal Research                      Division PagesResearchers                      Web PagesAll Library of Congress PagesA Country Study: Turkey**Library of Congress Call Number DR417                   .T874 1996**- Turkey  ForewordAcknowledgments
- Preface  Country                       Profile - Visit new updated                       Profile(PDF)- Country  GeographySociety
- Economy  Transportation                           and TelecommunicationsGovernment                           and Politics
- National                           Security   Introduction- Chapter                       1 - Historical Setting  (Steven A. Glazer)                          - Ancient                           Anatolia      - Hittites  Phrygians                               and LydiansArmenians                               and Kurds
- Greeks   Rome                           and the Byzantine EmpireTurkish                           Origins
Great                               Seljuks
- Sultanate                               of Rum  The                               CrusadesThe                           Ottoman Empire
Ottoman                               Institutions
- Selim                               I and S�leyman the Magnificent  K�pr�l�                               EraExternal                               Threats and Internal Transformations
- The                               Young Turks  World                               War IAtat�rk                           and the Turkish Nation
Plans                               for Partitioning Turkey
- Nationalist                               Movement  War                               of IndependenceAtat�rk's                               Reforms
- Foreign                               Policy   Table                           A. Chronology of Major Kemalist ReformsTurkey                           after Atat�rk
World                               War II
- Multiparty                               Politics, 1946-60  The                               Armed Forces Coup and Interim Rule, 1960-61Politics                               and Foreign Relations in the 1960s
- Crisis                           in Turkish Democracy    - Politics                               and Elections in the 1970s  Conflict                               and Diplomacy: Cyprus and BeyondThe                               Economy: An Unresolved Issue
- Challenges                               to Public Order   Military                           Intervention and the Return to Civilian Rule- Military                               Interlude  Politics                               and the Return to Civilian RuleEconomic                               Stabilization and Prospects for the 1990s
Chapter                       2 - The Society and Its Environment
 (Eric Hooglund)                       
Geography
External                               Boundaries
- Geology  Landform                               Regions- Black                                   Sea Region  Aegean                                   RegionMediterranean                                   Region
- Pontus                                   and Taurus Mountains  Anatolian                                   PlateauEastern                                   Highlands
- Arabian                                   Platform   ClimatePopulation
Population                               Density, Distribution, and Settlement
- Migration  Government                               Population PoliciesLanguage                           Reform: From Ottoman to Turkish
- Linguistic                           and Ethnic Groups    - Turks  KurdsArabs
- Peoples                               from the Caucasus  D�nmeGreeks
- Armenians  JewsReligious                           Life
Islam
Tenets                                   of Islam
- Early                                   Development  Development                                   of Islam in TurkeySufism                                   and Folk Islam
- The                                   Alevi   Secularist                               PoliciesRetreat                               from Secularism
- Non-Muslim                               Minorities   Structure                           of Society- The                               Changing National Elite  Urban                               LifeTowns
- Village                               Life    - Anatolian                                   Villages  Coastal                                   VillagesVillages                                   in the South and East
- The                           Individual, the Family, and Gender Relations    - Marriage  The                               Extended FamilyGender                               Relations
- The                               Status of Women   EducationHealth                           and Welfare
Chapter                       3 - The Economy
 (Fareed Mohamedi)                       
Growth                           and Structure of the Economy
Economic                               Development
- Reforms                               under �zal  Economic                               Performance in the Early 1990sStructure                               of the Economy
- Human                           Resources and Trade Unions  Role                           of Government in the Economy- Liberal                               Interlude  EtatismState                               Economic Enterprises and Privatization
- Development                               Planning  BudgetAgriculture
Agricultural                               Policy
- Irrigation  Land                               UseLand                               Tenure
- Cropping                               Patterns and Production  LivestockForestry                               and Fisheries
- Industry    - Industrial                               Policy  EnergyMineral                               Resources
- Manufacturing  ConstructionServices
Banking                               and Finance
- Transportation                               and Telecommunications  TourismForeign                           Economic Relations
Foreign                               Trade
- Balance                               of Payments  Regional                               Economic IntegrationOutlook
Chapter                       4 - Government and Politics
 (Eric Hooglund)                       
The                           Constitutional System
Provisions                               of the 1982 Constitution
- Electoral                               System   Government- National                               Assembly  President,                               Council of Ministers, and Prime MinisterJudiciary
- Provincial                               and Local Government  Civil                               ServicePolitical                           Dynamics
Political                               Developments since the 1980 Coup
- Political                               Parties    - True                                   Path Party  Social                                   Democratic Populist PartyMotherland                                   Party
- Welfare                                   Party  Democratic                                   Left Party Other                                   Parties
- Political                               Interest Groups    - Military  UniversitiesLabor
- Business  Religious                                   InterestsMinorities
- Mass                           Media    - Newspapers                               and Periodicals  Radio                               and TelevisionForeign                           Relations
Dissolution                               of the Soviet Union
- The                               Middle East  European                               UnionThe                               United States
Chapter                       5 - National Security
 (Jean R. Tartter)                       
Historical                           Role of the Armed Forces
- The                           Armed Forces and Society  Politics                           and the MilitaryExternal                           Security Concerns
Middle                               Eastern Conflicts
- Syria  IranThe                               Balkans
- Greece                               and Cyprus   Turkey's                           Participation in NATOArmed                           Forces
Defense                               Spending
- Sources                               and Quality of Personnel  Education                               and TrainingConditions                               of Service
- Army  Air                               ForceNavy
- Uniforms,                               Ranks, and Insignia   Military                           Cooperation with the United StatesDomestic                           Arms Industry
- Internal                           Security Concerns    - Kurdish                               Separatists  Terrorism                               of the LeftArmenian                               Terrorism
- Islamists   Police                           System- National                               Police  GendarmerieIntelligence                               Services
- Crime                           and Punishment    - Procedures                               in Criminal Law  Incidence                               of CrimeNarcotics                               Trafficking
- Individual                               Rights  Penal                               System- Appendix. Tables    Appendix B.Bibliography
- Glossary   
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