Turkey since 1989 : angry nation / Kerem Öktem.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Öktem, Kerem, 1969- author.

Series:

Global history of the present.

Global history of the present

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Turkey--History--1960-.

Turkey.

Turkey--Politics and government--1980-.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (242 p.)

Distribution:

[London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021

Other Title:

Angry nation : Turkey since 1989

Place of Publication:

London, England : Zed Books, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Kerem Öktem charts the contemporary history of Turkey, exploring such key issues as the relationship between religion and the state, Kurdish identity, Turkey's relationship with Israel and the ongoing controversy over EU membership. Readable but comprehensive, Turkey since 1989 is the definitive book on the country's erratic transformation from a military dictatorship to a maturing, if still troubled, democracy.

Contents:

Front Cover; Global History of the Present; About the author; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Overview of political parties in Turkey; Key moments in Turkey's history; Note on orthography and pronunciation; Explanatory note; Preface; Map; Introduction; The workings of the guardian state; Life-world transformations; 1 Empire and nation before 1980: the late Ottoman state and the Turkish Republic; Reform and imperial dissolution; The Kemalist one-party state; The guardian state's incomplete democracy (1946-80).

2 The Özal years: rupture, promise and missed chances (1980-91)Silence and torture: 12 September 1980; Motherland promise: wealth and stability; Re-engagement with the world: the US, Europe and 1989; 3 The 'lost decade': wars, crises and weak coalitions (1991-2002); State of emergency in the east: the Kurdish war in the 1990s; Fighting terror: the guardian state in western Turkey; Postmodern coups and cracks in the system (1997-2001); Crises, hopes and saviours (2000-02); 4 Justice and development: 'Islamic Calvinists' versus the guardian state (2002-07); Islamic Calvinists in office.

War and peace in KurdistanMemory and reality: the return of the guardians; 5 Another nation: moving towards the present (2007-10); The guardian state exposed; Home affairs: Kurdish, Alevi and human rights; Engaging with the world; Turkey's possible futures; Postscript; Sources; Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 192-200) and index.

Print version record.

ISBN:

9786613070937

9781350218475

1350218472

9781780321165

1780321163

9781283070935

1283070936

9781780345062

1780345062

9781848132122

1848132123

OCLC:

715271212