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1919–1923 “Independence or Death!”

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Strategy and Strategic Discourse in Turkish Foreign Policy

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The years between 1919 and 1923 were the period that the legacies of imperial past were resolved through use of force and diplomacy . The strategic end of this period was to transform a dying empire into a young republic, by employing all limited available means. In that sense, it can be suggested that Turkish foreign policy strategy is based on a kind of revisionism which is based on realistic assessments of the surrounding conditions created by the structure.

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Yükselen, H. (2020). 1919–1923 “Independence or Death!”. In: Strategy and Strategic Discourse in Turkish Foreign Policy. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-39037-2_3

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