| dc.contributor.author | Turan, Aras Halil | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-03-10T23:00:24Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2022 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Turan, Aras Halil. The Turkish opium ban in 1971: An examination of why Turkey became important in anti-narcotics politics in the Nixon administration. Master thesis, University of Oslo, 2022 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10852/101270 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This thesis is an examination of the reasons behind why the Nixon administration deemed Turkey as an important piece of the puzzle in curtailing drug use in the United States. Turkey was at the time of the opium ban in 1971 the second largest producer of opium. However, U.S. officials believed that large quantities slipped into illegal channels. The smuggled Turkish opium ended up in clandestine heroin manufactories in France, which in turn was exported to the United States by criminal syndicates. This thesis debates whether it is possible to explain the pressures Washington placed on Ankara to stop cultivation of opium as simple as protecting America against Turkish opium. Alternate explanations ranging from scapegoating with Turkish opium and Turkey being an easy prey in reasserting U.S. primacy to the convenience of taking over from a process that started with several U.S. agencies in the decades prior. | eng |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.subject | | |
| dc.title | The Turkish opium ban in 1971: An examination of why Turkey became important in anti-narcotics politics in the Nixon administration | eng |
| dc.type | Master thesis | |
| dc.date.updated | 2023-03-10T23:00:24Z | |
| dc.creator.author | Turan, Aras Halil | |
| dc.date.embargoenddate | 3022-12-02 | |
| dc.rights.terms | Dette dokumentet er ikke elektronisk tilgjengelig etter ønske fra forfatter. Tilgangskode/Access code A | |
| dc.type.document | Masteroppgave | |
| dc.rights.accessrights | closedaccess | |