The origins of the Cold War in the Middle East : the Turkish case

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buir.advisorCriss, Nur Bilge
dc.contributor.authorÇakal, Hüseyin
dc.date.accessioned2016-07-01T11:07:40Z
dc.date.available2016-07-01T11:07:40Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.departmentDepartment of International Relationsen_US
dc.descriptionCataloged from PDF version of article.en_US
dc.description.abstractThis thesis aims to analyze the “contribution” of Turkey to the origins of the Cold War in the Middle East. The main argument of this thesis, in this context, is that the immediate post war environment in the middle east did not resemble something different from the years-old strategic environment in the middle east, main characteristic of which is continuous great power rivalry for hegemony over the region. At this juncture Turkey’s contribution happened to be a catalyst in the deterioration of the pragmatist wartime partnership between the Soviet Union and the Western Allies. Turkish policy makers stressed the power and inevitability of Russian attack in the event of lack of British and American opposition. During the period concerned, in the Middle East, the danger to the security of the free world did arise not so much from the threat of direct Soviet military aggression. It mainly aroused from continuation of the unfavorable historical trends. Therefore, imperial rivalries and dynastic ambitions suffice to explain most part of the postwar situation in the Middle East and thereby gave enough clue for the origins of the Cold War in that part of the world.en_US
dc.description.degreeM.A.en_US
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityÇakal, Hüseyinen_US
dc.format.extentviii, 161 leavesen_US
dc.identifier.itemidBILKUTUPB100139
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11693/29876
dc.language.isoEnglishen_US
dc.publisherBilkent Universityen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.subjectTurkeyen_US
dc.subjectThe Middle Easten_US
dc.subjectOriginsen_US
dc.subjectCold Waren_US
dc.subjectRivalryen_US
dc.subject.lccDR477 .C35 2006en_US
dc.subject.lcshMiddle East Politics and government.en_US
dc.titleThe origins of the Cold War in the Middle East : the Turkish caseen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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