Studies in Atatürk's Turkey : : the American dimension / / edited by George S. Harris and Nur Bilge Criss.

• TeilnehmendeR: Harris, George S. 1931-; Criss, Bilge,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill,, 2009.; ©2009
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Series: The Ottoman Empire and its Heritage 40.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (244 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

Nearly all of the previous scholarship on Turkey and U.S. relations cover the Cold War period as well as current affairs with regard to security, strategy, and defense. Hence, the literature abounds with military orientation. This edited volume builds on a historical perspective and focuses on foreign relations, diplomacy, actors, mutual perceptions and reciprocity in diplomatic relations within the framework of the world conjuncture in the 1920s and 1930s. Relations with the U.S.A. have served as a balance in Turkey's Euro-Atlantic policy long before NATO was established. Likewise, re-building relations with the Republic of Turkey served U.S. interests in opening to the Near East and thus breaking away from its much lauded isolationist policy between the two world wars. Thus, the picture that emerges here is just as much a history of U.S. diplomacy as it is of Turkey.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Materials / S. Harris and N.B. Criss -- Introduction / Şuhnaz Yilmaz -- Chapter One. Louis E. Browne And The Leaders Of The 1919 Sivas Congress / Seçil Karal Akgün -- Chapter Two. The General Harbord Commission And The American Mandate Question / Seçil Karal Akgün -- Chapter Three. Turkey And Her Nationalist Leaders As Seen In The 1923 Reports Of Louise Bryant / Howard A. Reed -- Chapter Four. By Shades Of Diplomatic Recognition: American Encounters With Turkey (1923–1937) / Nur Bilge Criss -- Chapter Five. Repairing Turkish-American Relations After The First World War: Ahmet Muhtar In Washington / George S. Harris -- Chapter Six. Cementing Turkish-American Relations: The Ambassadorship Of (Mehmet) Münir Ertegün (1934 1944) / George S. Harris -- Epilogue / Nur Bilge Criss -- Appendix Condensed. Memorandum Concerning The Organization And Points Of View Of The League For The Defense Of The Rights Of Anatolia And Rumelia / S. Harris and N.B. Criss -- Bibliography / S. Harris and N.B. Criss -- Index / S. Harris and N.B. Criss.