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Edited ÖzdenbyZeynep Oktav and Helin Sarı Ertem
GCC-Turkey Relations: Dawn of a New Era
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7. Turkey’s Role in GCC through Bilateral Investment Treaties................... 149 Abdallah Abuoliem and Nakib M.Nasrullah
3. Turkey and the Gulf after the Arab Spring: Old Friends, New Partners 67 Muhittin Ataman and Gülşah Neslihan Akkaya
1. Opportunities and Challenges in GCC-Turkey Relations 29 Özden Zeynep Oktav
8. Towards a Strategic Partnership? Turkish Foreign Policy and GCC Alliance Building in the Era of the Arab Spring 167 Robert Mason
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Introduction: Shaping a New Era in Turkey-GCC Relations........................... 15 Özden Zeynep Oktav and Helin Sarı Ertem
4. Waiting for (Soft) Balancing: Turkey’s Reciprocal Engagement with the GCC against Iran’s Rising Power in Post-American Iraq .......................... 85 Oğuz Dilek and Emre İşeri
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5. The Future Role of the GCC in Turkey’s 2023 Economic Vision 105 Ömer Akkaya
2. Soul Searching in the Gulf: From the Ottoman Age of Exploration to Strategic Depth and Trading State 47 Bezen Balamir Coşkun
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6. Identifying Knowledge Development Opportunities to Promote GCC-Turkey Relations 129 Abdulkader Alfantookh and Saad Haj Bakry
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9. Prospects of GCC-Turkey Cooperation and the Syrian Crisis Konstantinos Zarras
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10. Arab Spring and the “Regionalization” of the Kurdish Problem: Possible Outcomes for Turkey and the GCC Helin Sarı Ertem
11. Turkish TV Series in the Gulf Countries: Identification and Collective Imagination 247 Marc Saurina Lucini
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