Turkey: Background and U.S. Relations in Brief

Zanotti, Jim ; Thomas, Clayton

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Foreign policy;    Politics and government -- Turkey;    Authoritarianism;    Defense policy;   

RP-ID  :  R44000
RP-ID  :  R44000_2017Sep19

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report provides information and analysis on Turkish interventions in Syria and relationship with Kurdish groups and how the United States's alliance with the Kurds in Iraq has strained relations between the two countries. Domestic issues in Turkey related to the recent constitutional referendum, President Erdogan's increasing authoritarianism, and their relations with Russia are also addressed.