The Contemporary Middle East. A Documentary History

Taliban
Afghanistan rule, 567
decrees, text, 595–598
ousting from power, 598, 599
resurgence, 568, 615, 616–617
rise of, 593–595
Tanzania, bombing of U.S. embassy in,
567, 595
Taraki, Mohammad, 569
Temple Mount/Haram al-Sharif complex,
260, 277–279, 288
Tenet, George, 289
Terrorism
Iranian support of, 396, 397
al-Qaida, 598
September 11, 2001, attacks. See
September 11, 2001, attacks
Thant, U, 110
Thrace, 631
Tomb of the Patriarchs, 259
Transjordan. SeeJordan
Treaty of Lausanne, 26, 632
Treaty of Sèvres, 26, 631
Tripartite Agreement, 344
Truman, Harry S.
Israel, recognition of, 68–69
Palestine, position on, 57–58
Tueni, Gibran, 361
Turabi, Hassan, 594
Turkey
Congress of Sivas
background, 631–632
declaration, 633–634
Democratic Party, 640
Europe and, 627–628
founding principles, 636–638
Greek invasion, 631
independence, Kemal speech on,
638–639
Justice and Development Party (AKP)
creation, 642
General Staff statement on preser-
vation of secularism, 645–646
government program, 649–652
rise of, 647–649
Justice Party, 640
military coups, 629, 639–642

Motherland Party, 641

national identity, 627

National Pact (Misak-i Milli)

adoption, 632

background, 631–632

summary, key points, 634–635

National Security Council, 641

National Unity Committee, 640

1960 coup, 640

1971 coup

background, 640

Tagmac memorandum, text, 643

1980 coup

background, 641

Turkish Embassy announcement,

644–645

1997 “soft coup,” 641–642

overview, 627–630

post–World War I, 6

Republican People’s Party

background, 637, 639

overview, 629

secularism

commitment to, 641–642

General Staff statement on

preservation, 645–646

Kemalism and, 637

Soviet Union and, 632

urbanization, effects of, 640

Welfare Party, 629, 641–642, 647

Turkish National Pact. SeeTurkey

U

UNEF (United Nations Emergency

Force), 95

UN General Assembly

See also specific resolutions

Arab venue for denouncing Israeli

actions, 116

Arafat address

background, 185–186

speech excerpts, 187–191

partition of Palestine, 58–59

Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan,

call for, 570

UN General Assembly Resolution 181

background, 58–59

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