this assignment is about totalitarian regimes/countries so i chose Turkey as the country. Your essay proposal requires two elements: an opening paragraph, and an annotated bibliography. The proposal should be about three to four pages in length, double spaced, 12 pt. font.

1-The Opening Paragraph: In this opening paragraph, you should clearly identify what state or country you’ll be exploring in your paper.as well as discussing the sub-theme that you will be exploring in more detail.(The paragraph should be about two pages in length, double-spaced.) 2-The Annotated Bibliography:The annotated bibliography will be a list of FIVE sources, chosen from the websites .The sources should be directly relevant to the sub-theme that you have chosen to explore for your paper. *The annotation, or description, of each source should address three key questions: 1. In brief, what is this article about? What is its central idea? 2. Who is the author, and what is her or his professional background? 2. What is the value or relevance of this source to your research paper? Themes to Explore: *Choose ONE of these themes to address in the remainder of your paper. Note that the specific theme in your paper will be narrower than any of these general themes, but you should choose one of these general themes to begin: Totalitarian economies: How strictly does this government (or regime) control economic production? Describe how the government controls the economy. Is the country actively engaged in foreign trade? Is private wealth allowed to exist? Propaganda, Culture and Education: Does this state (or regime) regulate or censor the production of culture? (Art, films, movies, books, etc)? How free is the press in this country? (Are journalists and bloggers jailed, or worse? Is open criticism of the regime in the media acceptable?) Does open access to the internet exist? Does the state strictly regulate school curriculum? Does official ideology appear in the curriculum? Are private schools allowed? Family values and social policy: Does the state dictate social policy to its population? (For example, are the rights of women constricted, or are certain minorities denied care or legal rights?) Are men, solely by virtue of their gender, more powerful in this state? Are religious minorities accepted, or persecuted? Is divorce legal? Abortion? Birth control? Totalitarian terror: Does a secret police exist to monitor the population? Does the state jail political activists? How does this state monitor and deal with threats from within? Are there examples of challenges to the regime’s authority that were put down by force? Diplomacy and Statecraft: Does this state observe international laws? Have international organizations (such as the UN) criticized the policies of this state? (If so, which policies?) Does this state threaten its neighbours with aggression? there is a sample annotation on the uploded file. it should follow the same format.