It only takes a quick look at a handful of titles on the history of Turkish foreign policy to grasp the relevance of
foreign policy to modern Turkey. Unsurprisingly, the richest parts of these books, which often have over 1.000
pages, relate to the late Ottoman Empire ? which means that there was indeed a foreign policy worth
discussing. Meanwhile, chapters on the country's post-World War I foreign policy have two prominent
features: (1) The discussion of foreign affairs, and ...