Turkey Today

Olivier Roy is Director of Research at the Centre National de Recherche Scientifique (CNRS). He has been Head of the OSCE's Mission for Tajikistan (1993–94) Consultant for UNOCA (United Nations Office of the Coordinator for Afghanistan) in 1988. His latest book is 'Globalized Islam' (Columbia University Press, 2004.) He has also published 'Les illusions du 11 septembre et l'Islam mondialisé' (Seuil, 2002).

• List of Contributors; Chronology; Human Rights, Conventions Ratified by Turkey, Bulgaria and Romania; Introduction: Turkey on the Road to Europe; Discussion: Turkey - A World Apart, or Europe's New Frontier; Turkey - A Democracy Under Control?; The Turkish Economy Between Neo-Liberalism and the Weight of Statism; Islam in Turkey: A 'Secular Muslim' State; Turkey and the European Union: From Migration to Integration?; Can the Kurdish Question be Resolved within Europe?; Contexts: The Ottoman Empire; Mustafa Kemal Atatürk; The Genesis of the Idea of Europe; The Idea of Europe Since 1945; The Armenian Genocide; The Cypriot Question; Makarios III; Bibliography; Further Internet Resources; Glossary; Index

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