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tity and for which he strived to pave the way to a modern vvorld. His famouspronouncement "Peace to Turkey, peace in the vvhole vvorld" vvasnot a cry of necessity, but rather an act of faith to a nevv destiny, althoughthere has not been since a clear end to the tumultuous and often dramaticupheavals vvhich shake internally this conutry. It is at a Turkey of internaland external peace the vvorld is placing its expectations.Stili, one does not have to look too far to take note of the commitmentof Turkey to the same values defended by the West, reading theSummit Declaration of the Countries of South Eastern Europe, made inAntalya along similar lines as those initiated exactly a year aego by thesame conference in Crete. A fırm commitment to peace and a commonvvill to strengthen good neighbourly relations, to promote democratic values,the rule of law, human rights, including rights of persons belongingto national minorities emanate from this declaration, and point the vvay amodern "kemalist" Turkey is engaged in. In contemporary terms "modernity"and "modernisation" are equivalent to the values and principlesvvhich have just been mentioned. As previously stated, they should not beseen as static or frozen, but as the source of a constant trend to a final andeffective improvement. From this standpoint, the kemalist doctrine determinesthe principles upon vvhich a modern Turkish society should bebuild. On the other hand, from the evaluation of this forvvard movement,as regards its acceleration and fırmness, stem the diffıculties encounteredby Turkey in her relations vvith the European Union. To be absolutelyclear, the point of contention betvveen Turkey and the E.U. derives fromthe emphasis the latter is giving to the alignment of Turkey "..of humanrights standards and practices on those in force in the European Union".We are at a deadlock, as the strict and indiscriminate requirementsfor accession formulated by the E.U. in vievv of its enlargement on theone hand, and the lack of efficient diplomacy, on the other have preventedTurkey from consolidating her grip on the E.U. vvhich could have beenthe result, beyond her association relationship, of her participation to theEuropean Conference.Such outcome in the long run vvould have given to Turkey the opportunityto fulfill in a different manner the important role to vvhich she is alreadycommitted in the oil rich areas of the Caucasus and Central Asia.Her special influence in that area is due to a variety of ethnic, cultural andother factors. Hovvever that role is facing the risk of being accomplishedin isolation. Turkey could be seen as a server or intermediary of majör economicinterests of the industrialised West, rather than acting from an enhancedposition of a country vvhose European identity and profile are notin doubt. As a multicultural country of secular and Islamic currents, ofthe Kurdish and other traditions present in one vvay or another as minoritiesvvhich have enriched its physionomy, Turkey vvould enjoy a special563