Amit Bein, Kemalist Turkey and the Middle East: International Relations in the Interwar Period

Mehmet DOĞAR

Article Details

Amit Bein, Kemalist Turkey and the Middle East: International Relations in the Interwar Period

Authors:

Mehmet DOĞAR

Publisher:

Uluslararası İlişkiler Konseyi Derneği İktisadi İşletmesi

Main Topics:

Sociology and anthropology

Journal:

Uluslararası İlişkiler Dergisi 2020 Vol.17 Issue 67, pp.131-132

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

8/2020

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2000746882

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Monthly

eISSN:

1304-7175

pISSN:

1304-7310

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Abstract:

 

Amit Bein’s well-researched monograph introduces an alternative way of looking at Turkey’s
engagement with the Middle East in the interwar period. Using a wide range of Turkish, Arabic and
English archival materials, plus an abundant number of contemporary newspapers, magazines, travel
accounts and memoirs, the author challenges the widely-accepted view in the secondary literature
that Kemalist Turkey deliberately disengaged with its Middle Eastern neighbours and argues that this
view is “a serious overstatement of the realities” (p. 240). Adopting an approach that goes beyond the
state-to-state understanding of diplomatic history, this book covers not only border issues (Chapter
2), regional relations and security (Chapter 3), but also projects for transportation networks within
the region (Chapter 4) and Turkey’s efforts to create a good image in the Middle East through the use
of propaganda (Chapter 5 and 6).

 

Amit Bein’s well-researched monograph introduces an alternative way of looking at Turkey’s
engagement with the Middle East in the interwar period. Using a wide range of Turkish, Arabic and
English archival materials, plus an abundant number of contemporary newspapers, magazines, travel
accounts and memoirs, the author challenges the widely-accepted view in the secondary literature
that Kemalist Turkey deliberately disengaged with its Middle Eastern neighbours and argues that this
view is “a serious overstatement of the realities” (p. 240). Adopting an approach that goes beyond the
state-to-state understanding of diplomatic history, this book covers not only border issues (Chapter
2), regional relations and security (Chapter 3), but also projects for transportation networks within
the region (Chapter 4) and Turkey’s efforts to create a good image in the Middle East through the use
of propaganda (Chapter 5 and 6).

Article Details

Amit Bein, Kemalist Turkey and the Middle East: International Relations in the Interwar Period

Authors:

Mehmet DOĞAR

Publisher:

Uluslararası İlişkiler Konseyi Derneği İktisadi İşletmesi

Main Topics:

Sociology and anthropology

Journal:

Uluslararası İlişkiler Dergisi 2020 Vol.17 Issue 67, pp.131-132

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

8/2020

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2000746882

Frequency:

Monthly

eISSN:

1304-7175

pISSN:

1304-7310

Türkiye

Ortadoğu

Kemalizm

Issues

Article Details

Amit Bein, Kemalist Turkey and the Middle East: International Relations in the Interwar Period

Authors: Mehmet DOĞAR

Publisher: Uluslararası İlişkiler Konseyi Derneği İktisadi İşletmesi

Main Topics: Sociology and anthropology

Journal: Uluslararası İlişkiler Dergisi 2020 Vol.17 Issue 67, pp.131-132

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 8/2020

Document Language: English

Document ID (Org No.): 2000746882

Frequency: Monthly

eISSN: 1304-7175

pISSN: 1304-7310

Türkiye

Ortadoğu

Kemalizm

Issues

Authors:

Mehmet DOĞAR

Publisher:

Uluslararası İlişkiler Konseyi Derneği İktisadi İşletmesi

Main Topics:

Sociology and anthropology

Journal:

Uluslararası İlişkiler Dergisi 2020 Vol.17 Issue 67, pp.131-132

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

8/2020

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2000746882

Frequency:

Monthly

eISSN:

1304-7175

pISSN:

1304-7310