Religion, identity and power : Turkey and the Balkans in the twenty-first century / Ahmet Erdi Öztürk ; foreword by Jeffrey Haynes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Öztürk, Ahmet Erdi, author.

Contributor:

Haynes, Jeffrey, 1953- writer of foreword.

Series:

Edinburgh studies on modern Turkey.

Edinburgh scholarship online.

Edinburgh studies on modern Turkey

Edinburgh scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religion and politics--Turkey.

Religion and politics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 244 pages)

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2021]

Summary:

This text examines Turkey's ethno-religious activism and power-related political strategies in the Balkans between 2002 and 2020, the period under the rule of the Justice and Development Party (AKP), to determine the scopes of its activities in the region.

Contents:

Foreword from Professor Jeffrey Haynes; List of Illustrations; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part 1: Theory and History; 1. Multi-sided Roles of Religion, Identity and Power in Politics; 2. Turkey in the Balkans: From Late Ottoman to the 1970s; 3. Turkey as a Nascent Power in the Balkans: From the Özal Years to the AKP; Part 2: Turkey's Intense Transformation under AKP Rule; 4. Defensive and Active Years of the AKP; 5. Reactive and Aggressive Years of the AKP; Part 3: The AKP's New Turkey and its Reflections in the Balkans; 6. Service to the Global Ummah; 7. Exportation of Domestic Conflicts; 8. Interfering in the Internal Affairs of Host Countries; 9. Destabilising the Secular Environments of Host Countries; Conclusion: The New Turkey in the Balkans: An Ambiguous Actor?.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2021.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4744-7470-5

1-4744-9543-5

1-4744-7471-3

OCLC:

1239121134