"Turkey's new mission: putting order in its identity complex
By Shlomo Ben-Ami
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Thursday, March 05, 2009
Ever since Turkey's establishment as a republic, the country has oscillated between the Western-oriented heritage of its founder, Mustapha Kemal Ataturk, and its eastern, Ottoman legacy. Never resolved, modern Turkey's deep identity complex is now shaking its strategic alliances and is recasting its regional and global role. Indeed, Turkey's changing perception of itself has shaped its so-far frustrated drive to serve as a peace broker between Israel and its Arab enemies, Syria and Hamas."
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