European Union Enlargement: A Status Report on Turkey's Accession Negotiations

http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RS22517_20091008.pdf

Examines the arguments for and against the addition of Turkey to the European Union, including such issues as political reform within Turkey, Turkish commercial relations with Cyprus, and concerns over the growing Muslim population in Europe. Also discusses possible scenarios and U.S. perspectives. From the Congressional Research Service, posted by OpenCRS.org.

Understanding Muslim Ethnic Communities: Technical Report

http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/communities/pdf/1203881.pdf

Attempts to identify the key characteristics of 13 priority Muslim communities in England including those from Afghanistan, Egypt, India, Iraq, Iran, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey. Aims to determine where the Muslim population is located, its size and demographic characteristics, the level of social infrastructure for each group, and how the government can best engage with them. From the Communities and Local Government Department of the United Kingdom.

Turkey Today

http://www.parliament.uk/commons/lib/research/rp2008/rp08-090.pdf

Reviews the main issues facing Turkey including how to reconcile its secular principles with demands for religious conservatism, its relationship with the European Union, and its economic vulnerability to the international financial crisis. House of Commons Library Research Paper 08/90.

The Evolution of U.S.-Turkish Relations in a Transatlantic Context

http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pdffiles/PUB861.pdf

8 essays on the current state of relations between Turkey, Europe and NATO. From the Strategic Studies Institute of the U.S. Army War College.

Foreign Relations of the U.S. 1969-1976, Eastern Europe, Eastern Mediterranean, 1969-1972

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ho/frus/nixon/xxix/index.htm

The official documentary historical record of U.S. foreign policy. Major focus of this volume is on Greece, Cyprus, and Turkey. From the State Department.

Foreign Relations of the U.S. 1969-1976: Greece, Cyprus, Turkey, 1973-1976

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ho/frus/nixon/xxx/index.htm

Focuses on diplomatic maneuvers during the Nixon-Ford years, especially during the period when Turkey invaded the eastern half of Cyprus in 1974. From the State Department.

Turkey and Iraq: The Perils and Prospects of Proximity

http://www.usip.org/files/file/usip_un_report.pdf

An analysis of how the U.S. invasion of Iraq may affect Turkish-American relations and also the European Union process of reform and accession. From the United States Institute of Peace.

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