This publication comes at a period of unprecedented transformation in Europe and in Turkey. The European Union is coming on terms with its recent enlargenment to include ten new states. Turkey is making great progress in international modernization. Each is watching the other carefully as negotiations for the future EU membership get under way. But can the EU expand to include a large state with a Muslim culture? Does Turkey's future lie as a potential member of the European club or instead as a priviliged partner? This book is a multi-disciplinary attempt to illuminate the dimensions of the challenge from different perspectives. Its contributors included academics and analysts, politicians and practicioners from Turkey, Europe and America. Its breadth, depth and relevance will make it an invaluable source of reference. It will be essential reading not only for the academisc and policy makers but also for the wider circle of readers concerned with the future of Europe and Europe's relations with the Islamic world. - Съдържа: Foreword / Pat Cox -- Introduction by the editor / Michael Lake -- The modern history of a solid country / Andrew Mango -- From Ozal to the present day / Ahmet O. Evin -- Islam, politics and democracy in Turkey / David Shankland -- The Turkish economy before the EU accession talks / Nihat Bulent Gultekin and Kamil Yilmaz -- Turkey's financial sector : a practitioner's view of work in progress / John T. McCarthy -- The rule of law / David Barchard -- Does civil society matter? / Hakan Altinay -- Women in Turkish society / Nicole Pope -- The security dimensions of Turkey-EU relations / William H. Park -- On the future of US-Turkish relations / Mark R. Parris -- Realities and perspectives : a Greek view on Turkey's European ambitions / Yiannis Papanicolaou -- Cyprus : not yet a problem solved? / Lord Hannay -- Endnote : Turkey and Europe / Norman Stone.*