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Turkey: Issues for U.S. Policy (CRS Report for Congress)

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Release Date Revised Aug. 31, 2002
Report Number RL31429
Report Type Report
Authors Carol Migdalovitz, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division
Source Agency Congressional Research Service
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Summary:

Many issues concerning Turkey are related to U.S. policies. First, in order to advance an array of U.S. interests, the United States seeks a stable, friendly government in Ankara that maintains its democratic character. In part, this means advocacy of political stability despite chronic chaotic, multiparty politics in Ankara. And it also means caution regarding Islamist forces in Turkey - both moderate ones, which work within the political system, and radical ones, which perpetrate domestic terrorist crimes. Finally, it means attention to Turkey's chronic economic crises which have the potential to undermine its political stability.