Buchdetails
Format
Taschenbuch
Seiten
144
Sprache
Englisch
Veröffentlicht
Jan 31, 2011
Verlag
Academy Press
ISBN-10
0470743190
ISBN-13
9780470743195
Beschreibung
All eyes are currently on Turkey with Istanbul's status as European Capital of Culture 2010. It makes it a pertinent moment to take stock and to look at Turkey's past, present and future, bringing the nation's cultural renaissance and evolution to the fore internationally. Since the early 2000s, Turkey has undergone a remarkable economic recovery, which has been accompanied by urban development and a cultural flowering. Positioned between an expanding European Union and an unstable Middle East, the country provides a fascinating interface between the Occident and the Orient. Taking into account the current political concerns with consolidating Eastern and Western cultures, Turkey is poised at a vital global