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The Balkans: Nationalism, War, and the Great Powers, 1804-2012
House of Anansi Press 2012; US$ 19.95From the bestselling author of McMafia and DarkMarket comes this unique and lively history of Balkan geopolitics since the early nineteenth century which gives readers the essential historical background to more than one hundred years of events in this war-torn area. No other book covers the entire region, or offers such profound insights into the... more...
Turkey between Nationalism and Globalization
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 135.00Turkish society has been going through institutional and ideological change that has affected its social, cultural and political practices. This book examines these contemporary tensions, which have led to a re-appraisal of Turkey as a nation and Turkish nationalism as it tries to situate itself as a regional and global power. Analysing the internal... more...
Turkish Society and Foreign Policy in Troubled Times
RAND Corporation 2001; US$ 9.95Focusing on the evolving strategic role of Turkey, this volume covers topics including the question of identity in Turkey, the evolution of Turkish society and politics in coming years, and the recent increase in the activity and complexity of Turkey's foreign and security policies. more...
The Ottoman Empire and Early Modern Europe
Cambridge University Press 2002; US$ 26.00This lucid and accessible book examines Ottoman relations with Europe in Early Modern times. The Ottoman Empire has consistently been regarded a place apart, divided from the West by culture and religion. This new study argues the Ottoman Empire slowly became part of Europe physically, institutionally and psychologically as well. more...
Turkey's Kurds
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 49.95The Kurdish Worker's Party (PKK) is examined here in this text on Kurdish nationalism. Incorporating recent field-based research results and newly translated material on Abdullah Ocalan, the PKK's long-time leader; it explores the nature and the organizational working of the party, from its growth in the late 1970s to its recent shrinkage. A variety... more...
East Encounters West
Oxford University Press 1987; US$ 124.99In 1720 an Ottoman ambassador arrived in France to observe Western civilization, and report on how it could be applied in the Ottoman Empire. Based on his accounts, this book studies the impact of the West on the Empire, and of this Ottoman embassy on the two societies. more...
Endgame in the Balkans
Brookings Institution Press 2006; US$ 29.95Can Europe tame the Balkans? This is the question that veteran journalist Elizabeth Pond poses in her timely and absorbing book. With rich detail and penetrating analysis, Pond first sets the scene of the 1990s' wars of Yugoslav succession and the region's yearning to join the European Union zone of peace and prosperity. more...
Empire of Difference
Cambridge University Press 2008; US$ 22.00This book is a comparative study of imperial organization and longevity in the Ottoman Empire. more...
Turkey Travel Adventures
Hunter Publishing 2008; US$ 17.99Turkey is so diverse it could almost be described as a continent rather than a country. In the west, mountains and pine forests frame a staggeringly beautiful coastline. The central steppe has the peculiar rock churches and underground cities of Cappadocia and the cosmopolitan capital of Ankara. In the east, there are biblical rivers, a fabled mountain... more...
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Infobase Publishing 2004; US$ 30.00Concise, yet packed with information, these user-friendly volumes are introductions to modern nations of the world. more...









