A companion to modern Turkey's centennial : political, sociological, economic and institutional transformations since 1923 / Alpaslan Özerdem and Ahmet Erdi Öztürk, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Özerdem, Alpaslan, editor.

Öztürk, Ahmet Erdi, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Turkey--History--1918-1960.

Turkey.

Turkey--History--1960-.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (736 p.) : 18 B/W illustrations 18 b&w illustrations

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh, Scotland : Edinburgh University Press Ltd, [2023]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Explores the evolution of modern Turkey - its past, current situation and potential future trajectories - from an interdisciplinary perspective52 original chapters from an interdisciplinary group of world-leading scholars 7 parts examine the founding of the republic; political ideologies in Turkey; governance challenges and politics; conflicts and protracted political fault-lines; foreign policy; economy, development and environment; and society and cultureCovers a wide range of cultural, sociological, economical, institutional and political points of view of contemporary TurkeyBringing together rigorous, original scholarship from over 60 contributors from different disciplines and from around the globe, this reference volume examines Turkey's evolution from the early days of the Republic to the present time and on to its potential futures, offering a critical portrait of a vibrant country at a crossroads. This rich volume explores aspects from political ideologies to economic development, and from foreign policy to society and culture.Since its birth in 1923, modern Turkey is a nation that has experienced paramount transformation: politically, socially, economically, institutionally and structurally. The changes over the last century have sent - and continue to send - ripples throughout the wider Middle East, the Balkans, Europe, Asia and the Arab World.

Contents:

Intro

List of Figures and Tables

Foreword by William Hale

Introduction

Part I Founding of the Republic - What Was Envisaged?

1 The State and its Constitutions: Constitutional Politics from Empire to Republic

2 Post-war Reconstruction and Reforms of the 1920s and 1930s

3 The Same Old New Turkey: The Contours of Turkish Politics from Atatürk to Erdoğan

Part II Political Ideologies in Turkey

4 One Hundred Years of Kemalisms

5 Imperious Nationalism in New Turkey: Foreign Policy Discourses in the AKP's Electoral Manifestos

6 Leftism in Turkey

7 The Trajectory of Liberalism in Turkey: From the Ottoman Empire to the Present

Part III Governance Challenges and Politics

8 Democracy in Turkey

9 Civil-Military Relations in Turkey: Back to Square One Yet Again?

10 Turkey's Transformed State Identity

11 Nothing is Different, but Everything has Changed: Party Politics in Turkey in its Centennial

12 The Political-economic History of Modern Turkey: Political Institutions, Economic Dynamics and Democratisation

13 Human Rights in Turkey

14 Secularism and Islam in Turkey: A Century of Contention

15 The Presidency of Religious Affairs (the Diyanet) and the Organisation of the Secular State

Part IV Turkey's Conflicts and Protracted Political Fault Lines

16 Non-Muslims in Turkey as the 'Founding Other'

17 Alevis in Turkey: Past, Present and Future

18 Relations between Turkey and Armenia

19 The Kurdish Question: A Century Later

20 The Turkish-Kurdish Peace Process: Reasons for Failure and Future Prospects

Part V Turkish Foreign Policy

21 A Pragmatic Approach to Turkish Foreign Policy (1923-48)

22 Turkish Foreign Policy during the Cold War: The Cyprus Issue and Other Determining Factors

23 The Crisis of Turkish-American Relations.

24 Turkey's Relationship with the Soviet Union and Russia

25 Greece-Turkey Relations

26 The Eastern Mediterranean in Turkish Foreign Policy: From the Defensive to the Assertive

27 The Cyprus Conundrum in Turkish Foreign Policy

28 A Century of Turkish Foreign Policy towards the Balkans: Imperial Legacy, Geography and Humanitarian Ties

29 Turkey's Policy towards Central Asia and the South Caucasus: Expectations, Failures and Achievements

30 Turkey and the Middle East: From Defensive-pragmatic Engagement to Offensive-ideological Interventionism

31 Turkey and Africa: Once Miles Apart, Now Reliable Allies?

32 Turkish Foreign Policy and the Arab Spring: Opportunities and Challenges

33 A Curious Love Affair? EU-Turkey Relations

34 Turkey's Seven Decades of Ebb and Flow within NATO

35 Turkey as a Global Aid Actor

Part VI Economy, Development and Environment

36 A Century of Agriculture in Turkey: We've Come a Long Way

37 Urbanisation in Turkey

38 Every Drop Counts: A Century of Hydraulic Infrastructure Development in Turkey

39 Turkey's Energy Policy: Path Dependency of Carbon Lock-in

40 Social Policy and the Welfare State: From 'Modernisation' to 'De-Europeanisation'

41 Environmental Protection versus Economic Development in Turkey

42 Disaster Risk Management in Turkey

Part VII Society and Culture

43 Constructing the Youth of the Republic: Youth and Population Challenges in Modern Turkey

44 Development of the Turkish Higher Education System between 1923 and 2023

45 Turkey's Civil Society between Repression, Neoliberalisation and Grassroots Mobilisation

46 From Silent to Emphasised Gender and Sexuality in Turkey

47 Turkey as a Migrant-sending State: Diaspora Formation, Mobilisation and Engagement Policies since 1923.

48 Journalistic Issues through a Century under Crackdown: From Idealistic Dreams to One-man Control

49 Questioning Century-old Turkish Art through the Polarisation Concept

50 Sport and Politics in Turkey

51 Turkey's Migration Management Regimes

52 Refugees

53 Revisionist, Resurgent Power, Breaking with the West, Sailing with Eurasianist Winds

Index.

Notes:

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4744-9253-3

1-4744-9254-1