Nationalisms and politics in Turkey : political Islam, Kemalism, and the Kurdish issue / edited by Marlies Casier and Joost Jongerden.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Casier, Marlies.

Jongerden, Joost.

Series:

Routledge studies in Middle Eastern politics ; 26.

Routledge studies in Middle Eastern politics ; 26

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kurds--Turkey--Social conditions.

Kurds.

Nationalism--Turkey.

Nationalism.

Islam and politics--Turkey.

Islam and politics.

Turkey--Politics and government--1980-.

Turkey.

Turkey--Ethnic relations--Political aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (242 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon [England] ; New York : Routledge, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book examines some of the most pressing issues facing the Turkish political establishment, in particular the issues of political Islam, and Kurdish and Turkish nationalisms. The authors explore the rationales of the main political actors in Turkey in order to increase our understanding of the ongoing debates over the secularist character of the Turkish Republic and over Turkey's longstanding Kurdish issue.Original contributions from respected scholars in the field of Turkish and Kurdish studies provide us with many insights into the social and political fabric of Turkey, explori

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I: Political Islam and Turkey's Secularist-Nationalist Project; 1 Turkey's present ancien régime and the Justice and Development Party; 2 Democratization, clashing narratives, and 'Twin Tolerations' between Islamic-Conservative and Pro-Secular Actors; 3 'Nationalist' reconstructions in the light of disappearing borders; Part II: Facing the Kurdish issue; 4 The Kurdish question in Turkey: Denial to recognition; 5 Turgut Özal and the Kurdish question

6 The Justice and Development Party and the Kurdish questionPart III: Challenging the state; 7 Born from the Left: The making of the PKK; 8 The PKK in the 2000s: Continuity through breaks?; Part IV: Calling upon Turkey: Agents of long-distance nationalism; 9 Constructing communities in the Turkish diaspora: A quest for politics; 10 Bringing the organization back in: Pro-Kurdish protest in Europe; 11 The Politics of solidarity: The Kurdish question in the European Parliament; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-136-93867-2

1-282-78138-3

9786612781384

0-203-84706-7

9780203847060

OCLC:

664551699