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The New Ottoman Empire
Since the end of World War II, Turkey has been a strong U.S. ally. It was one of the targets of the Marshall Plan and was a crucial part of our pre-1991 fight against communism. It joined NATO in 1952, sent troops to Korea, harbored U.S. missiles, cooperated with pro-U.S. Middle Eastern states, hosted American…
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The Death of a Vision
For much of its history, Turkey has been a nation of two minds. Following the collapse of the Ottoman Empire in 1922, a new government was formed, thanks almost entirely to the efforts of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. He envisioned a Westernized Turkey, abolishing Islamic courts, granting equality of the sexes, and establishing new penal and…
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A Turkish Gamble, a Chinese Venture
The Washington University Political Review is saddened to announce our difficult decision to euthanize the previous writer of the 360 column, Siddharth Krishnan, for grievous offenses against the Director of New Media and for high treason. He has been replaced with a new and improved Siddharth v2.0–please welcome Siddharth Ravishankar as the new 360 columnist.…
