"Explains current situation and designs a plan to ease tensions in Turkey. Proposes a 'grand bargain' between Turkey and the Kurds, advocating greater support for increased liberalism and democracy, renewed European and Turkish commitment to promote EU membership, a historic compromise with Armenia, and greater Western engagement with Turkish Cypriots"--Provided by publisher.

Introduction : Who lost Turkey? -- Kemalists, Islamists, and the West -- The crisis with the United States -- Europe's closing door -- Turkey's Eurasian alternatives -- Winning Turkey -- Afterword: Turkey's western trajectory / Soli Ozel.