Turkey's political culture as a necessary condition for decoding its policies toward Cyprus, Greece, and the European Union

Despite its ambition to become a full member of the European Union, Turkey continues to illegally occupy 37% of Cyprus's territory and to challenge Greek sovereignty in the Aegean Sea. While not contradicting conventional Realpolitik interpretations of this behaviour, this article is employing readings, primarily of Turkish scholars, to develop an interpretation that links contemporary Turkish political culture to Turkey's foreign policy. The author argues that certain traits of the former are built into the composition of the latter. The resulting picture allows the drawing of some novel conclusions about the sources of Turkish foreign policy and some policy prescriptions on ways to address the decision-making of "the many Ankaras."