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Bringing together rigorous, original scholarship from over 60 contributors from different disciplines and from around the globe, this reference volume examines Turkey's evolution from the early days of the Republic to the present time and on to its potential futures, offering a critical portrait of a vibrant country at a crossroads. This rich volume explores aspects from political ideologies to economic development, and from foreign policy to society and culture. Since its birth in 1923, modern Turkey is a nation that has experienced paramount transformation: politically, socially, economically, institutionally and structurally. The changes over the last century have sent - and continue to send - ripples throughout the wider Middle East, the Balkans, Europe, Asia and the Arab World.