Turkey's July 15th coup : what happened and why / edited by M. Hakan Yavuz and Bayram Balcı.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Yavuz, M. Hakan, editor.

Balci, Bayram, editor.

Series:

Utah series in Middle East studies

Utah Series in Middle East studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gülen Hizmet Movement.

Gülen, Fethullah.

Erdoğan, Recep Tayyip.

Politics and government.

History.

Coups d'état.

Turkey--History--Attempted coup, 2016.

Turkey.

Coups d'état--Turkey--21st century.

Democracy--Turkey.

Democracy.

Turkey--History--21st century.

Turkey--Politics and government--21st century.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

viii, 344 pages ; 23 cm.

Other Title:

Turkey's July fifteenth coup

Place of Publication:

Salt Lake City : The University of Utah Press, [2018]

Summary:

"On July 15, 2016, a faction of the Turkish military tried to overthrow the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. The attempt failed. The Turkish government blamed the attempted coup on Gülenists, followers of an Islamist movement led by Fethullah Gülen, who had helped Erdoğan and his AK Party get elected and bring an ostensibly 'soft' version of Islam into the secular Turkish government. In alliance with the AK Party, Gülenists over time became widely represented in various government institutions, including the military and police. This volume focuses on the Gülen Movement and its possible role in the failed coup, providing historical and sociopolitical context for what may have led to this conflict. Editors Yavuz and Balcı were among the first to study the movement from its beginning. They and other contributors have spent time in Turkey, Central Asia, and the Balkans examining various dimensions of Gülenist activity as the movement became a major economic and educational force in Turkey and elsewhere. Startled by the 2016 coup attempt, a group of scholars who had studied the Gülenists came together to discuss how and why the once-restrained movement became belligerent opponents of Erdoğan's government. This book is a product of their exchanges and it addresses questions such as: what did researchers fail to see in their earlier studies and how will this major disruption in Turkey affect the future of the movement?"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction : the Gülen Movement and the coup / M. Hakan Yavuz and Bayram Balci

The three stages of the Gülen Movement : from pietistic weeping movement to power-obsessed structure / M. Hakan Yavuz

The July 15th coup : a critical framework for analysis / Mujeeb R. Khan

The Gülen Movement vs. Erdoğan : the failed coup / M. Hakan Yavuz and Rasim Koç

"Woe to him, for how he schemed" : Fethullah Gülen, the U.S., and the damaging of Turkish democracy / Michael A. Reynolds

Understanding the July 15th failed coup / Kiliç Kanat

The Gülen Movement and the AK Party : the rise and fall of a Turkish Islamist alliance / Caroline Tee

Contradictions of Islamic neoliberal globalization : the Turkish case / Sabine Dreher

The coup attempt in Turkey and its effect on the future of the Gülen Movement in the post-Soviet space / Bayram Balci

Secrecy and hierarchy within the Gülen Movement and the question of academic responsibility / David Tittensor

Women in the Gülen Movement : life in a postmodern display, enshrined with sacredness / Yavuz Çobanoğlu

Navigating the future of the Gülen Movement in Tanzania / Kristina Dohrn

A Turkish red herring? The production and consumption of Fethullah Gülen as "good Islam" / Joshua Hendrick

Postscript : how credible are alternative coup scenarios? / M. Hakan Yavuz.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-336) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Turkey's July 15th coup.

ISBN:

9781607816065

1607816067

OCLC:

1010697818