Bridge Across the Bosporus: The Foreign Policy of Turkey, Vali Ferenc a.

With Atat rks guiding reforms, Turkey underwent a sweeping modernization of the countrys administration. More specifically, by adopting the Latin alphabet, secularizing the countrys governance, and importing European laws and jurisprudence, Mustafa Kemal Atat rk effectively reformed the Republic of Turkey into a secular, modern nation-state. In doing so, he introduced a number of foreign policy commitments. Ferenc A. V li examines the flexibility of Turkeys foreign commitments in light of the countrys modernization; depending on the circumstance, Turkeys foreign policy has wavered between Western alliance and neutrality. Examining Turkeys foreign policy in the twentieth century, V li provides historical background for Turkeys transition form an empire to a nation-state. V li also assesses Turkeys relations with NATO, Western allies, Russia, the Baltic States, and the Middle East. For his research, V li conducted interviews with officials of the Turkish Ministry for Foreign Affairs, political party leaders, academics, journalists, and members of diplomatic missions.