This fourth edition of Historical Dictionary of Turkey contains a chronology, an introduction, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 900 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture.

Metin Heper is Director of the Political Science Research Program, Bilkent University ¿hsan Döramac¿ International Advanced Studies Center, Ankara and an honorary member of the Turkish Academy of Sciences.
Duygu Öztürk-Tunçel is assistant professor at the Department of Political Science and International Relations of Istanbul Medipol University. Her research interests include Turkish Politics, Greek Politics, Greek-Turkish Relations, Gender and Politics, and Media and Politics.
Nur Bilge Criss retired in 2014 from Bilkent University, Ankara, where she taught Diplomatic History, Turkish Foreign Policy and History of the Cold War. She served as editorial board member for the journals Turkish Studies; The Middle East Review of International Affairs; and Journal of Central Asian Studies, and also as contributing editor to The Journal of American History.

Editor's Foreword Jon Woronoff
Preface
Acknowledgments
Reader's Note
Acronyms and Abbreviations
Maps
Chronology
Introduction
THE DICTIONARY
Appendixes
A Geography and Resources
B Ottoman Sultans and Turkish Presidents and Prime Ministers
C General Elections in the Republican Period (1923 to the Present)
D Basic Economic Indicators
E Basic Social Indicators
Bibliography
About the Authors