Constructing Turkey's "western" identity during the Cold War Discourses of the intellectuals of statecraft

International Journal

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 39-59

  Yilmaz, Eylem ^a   Bilgin, Pinar ^a  

^a BILKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

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EID: 33744813011     PISSN: 00207020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/40204128     Document Type: Review

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