Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 Turkey and the Gulf War Coping with intertwined conflicts -- 2 The Kurdish problem -- 3 On culture, economy, and demography Turkey and Europe -- 4 The quest for identity -- 5 International encounters -- 6 What the neighbor to the west says Greek-Turkish relations -- 7 A bridge across the Middle East The Turkish-Israeli rapprochement -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.