- William Hale (professor)
Professor William Mathew Hale (born 1940) is a specialist on
Turkey and Turkish politics, and Professor of Politics with reference to Turkey at theSchool of Oriental and African Studies ,University of London . .After an MA from the
University of Oxford , he was awarded aPhD at theAustralian National University . He was at one time lecturer atDurham University and its Centre for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies. Professor Hale is Chair of the Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy atSOAS , convenor of the Modern Turkish Studies Programme at the London Middle East Institute, and is currently a faculty member atSabanci University . His book "Turkish Foreign Policy 1774-2000" has been received as authoritative and comprehensive. [For example, [http://meria.idc.ac.il/news/2001/01news7.html the "Middle East Review of International Affairs"] called it "a major addition to the field of Turkish studies: the first full and comprehensive study of the Ottoman Empire's and Turkish Republic's foreign policy." ]Writing
His work includes:
Books
*"Country case study: the Republic of Turkey" (1978)
*"The political and economic development of modern Turkey" (London 1981)
*"Turkish politics and the military" (Routledge 1994)
*"Turkish Foreign Policy 1774-2000" (Frank Cass 2000 - second edition 2002)
*"Turkey, the United States and Iraq" (London Middle East Institute 2005)Chapters
*"Turkey" in "The Cold War and the Middle East" ed. Y Sayigh and A Shlaim (OUP 1997)
*"Turkey and Transcaucasia" in "Central Asia Meets the Middle East" (London 1998)
*"Turkey: Economic Issues and Foreign Policy" in "Turkey's New World: Changing Dynamics in Turkish Foreign Policy" ed. D Menashri and S Saiyari (Washington Institute 2000)
*"Turkey and the European Union: the Long Road to Membership" in "Turkey in World Politics: an Emerging Regional Power" ed. B Rubin and K Kiirisci (London 2001)
*"Democracy and the Party System in Turkey" in "Turkish Transformation: New Century, New Challenges" ed. B W Beeley (2002)
*"Human Rights, the European Union and the Turkish Accession Process" in "Turkey and the European Union" ed. A Carkoglu and B Rubin (2003)ources and notes
* [http://www.soas.ac.uk/staff/staffinfo.cfm?contactid=13 SOAS staff profile]
* [http://copac.ac.uk Copac]
* [http://www.britishcouncil.org.tr/BCEC/Popup.asp?id=427&l= British Council in Turkey]
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