Turkey-United States Relations, Potential and Peril

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Excerpt from Turkey-United States Relations, Potential and Peril: Hearing Before the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, One Hundred Fourth Congress, First Session, September 19, 1995Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, Washington, DC.The Commission met, pursuant to adjournment, at 10:04 p.m., in room B-352 Rayburn House Office Building, Honorable Christopher H. Smith, chairman of the commission, presiding.Commissioners present: Hon. Christopher H. Smith, Chairman, Hon. Steny H. Hoyer, and Hon. John Edward Porter.Witnesses present: John Shattuck, Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, and executive branch commissioner of the CSCE, Marshall Adair, Deputy Assistant Secretary of European and Canadian Affairs, U.S. Department of State, Alan Makovsky, Senior Fellow, Washington Institute for Near east Policy, and Christopher Panico, Research Associate, Human Rights Watch/Helsinki.Opening Statement Of Chairman Christopher H. SmithMr. Smith. The Commission will come to order. I'd like to welcome everyone here, and especially thank our distinguished witnesses for joining us at this Helsinki Commission hearing entitled "Turkey-United States Relations: Potential and Peril." Today we will examine both the potential mutual benefits of closer relations with Turkey, and the peril of unconditional support for a government unable to resolve crises that threaten the existing political order and regional stability.Turkey, a NATO ally and OSCE participating State, is poised as a unique strategic and economic partner astride the Middle East, Central Asia, the Caucasus, and the Balkans. Turkey stood by the United States in Korea, against Saddam Hussein during the Gulf War, and in its aftermath in Operation Provide Comfort. Turkey also supports our efforts to bring peace to Bosnia.Turkey has purchased billions of dollars of U.S. military equipment over the years and has been identified as one of the ten biggest emerging markets for U.S. exports. The potential benefits of closer cooperation are obvious.At the same time, however, a complex and profound crisis increasingly divides Turkey's citizens along national, ethnic, and religious lines, threatening the existing social and political order. Extremist violence and terrorism is polarizing Turks and Kurds, Islamic groups, both secular and anti-secular proponents. While the rights of all Turkish citizens under the mantle of combating terrorism, Kurds bear the brunt of such repression.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.