Kemalist Eurasianism: An emerging geopolitical discourse in Turkey

Geopolitics

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 550-569

  Akçali, Emel ^a   Perinçek, Mehmet ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOREIGN POLICY; GEOPOLITICS; MILITARY INTERVENTION; POLITICAL DISCOURSE; POLITICAL ECONOMY; POLITICAL IDEOLOGY; WAR;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; INDIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST; PAKISTAN; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SOUTH ASIA; TURKEY;

EID: 70449639896     PISSN: 14650045     EISSN: 15573028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14650040802693564     Document Type: Article

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