Change : Turkey and Saudi Arabia

Duration: 0:24:59

Genre: Documentary | Educational | Historical | Political

Year Published: 1984

Creator: Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corporation: Distributor | Indiana University Audio-Visual Center: Distributor

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Analyzes the recent developments that have polarized Turkey and Saudi Arabia at opposite ends of the spectrum of Middle Eastern change. Explains how Turkey has evolved into a pro-Western, quasi-democratic, and religiously tolerant society. Compares this more modern society with Saudi Arabia--a country whose leaders purposely shaped their nation into a monarchy based upon the fundamentalist principles of Islam. Interviews with Dr. Ulku U. Bates and Ahmad Al-Shanbary., Representatives from Turkey and Saudi Arabia discuss critical recent developments which have shaped the modern contours of two countries at opposite ends of the spectrum of contemporary Middle Eastern change.

Complete Record: , Representatives from Turkey and Saudi Arabia discuss critical recent developments which have shaped the modern contours of two countries at opposite ends of the spectrum of contemporary Middle Eastern change.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.

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