Part 3 - Eastern Promise
Friday 19 August 2005 21:15-22:00 (Radio 3)
Historian and author Misha Glenny travels to the heart of the old Ottoman Empire, Istanbul, to explore Europe's next phase of expansion - admitting Turkey to the most powerful Christian club in history, the EU. We follow the fall of the mighty Ottoman Empire and the rise of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk's modern Republic. Can Turkey cross over to the West?