Contemporary image of European identity and Turkish experience of westernization

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Ertuğrul, Kürşad

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K. Ertuğrul, “Contemporary image of European identity and Turkish experience of westernization,” Ph.D. - Doctoral Program, Middle East Technical University, 2000.