POLS 157 Lecture 12: Turkey Part I

• School: University of Vermont
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 157
• Professor: Peter S Henne

Document Summary

Pre ottoman-turkish states formed in the 1300s: seized by osman who formed to the ottoman empire. Political and religious center of the world with strong legacy. Ottoman empire declined as people decided they wanted to rule themselves: greece and the arab states primarily, economy stagnated as europe took of, joined germany in wwi and was disassembled afterwards. Father of turks, mustafa kemal, defeated the british forces and successfully formed a new. Turkish state that was independent and sovereign: died in 1938. Armenians in a push for full turkish national identity. Feared outside powers trying to defeat them. After wwii they aligned with the us and joined nato: faced threats from the soviets who they shared a border with, domestically, new parties were allowed in 1946 following one party controlled by. Democrats won in 1950, restoring religious conservatism to the state and pushing liberal economics (1) military overthrew the government, executed the leader and put in place a new constitution.