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TURKEY--POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT --- RADICALISM--TURKEY

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Turkey stands at the front lines of many of today's global challenges, from a war-torn Middle East with dramatic flows of refugees seeking safety to a Cold War-like rivalry between the United States and Russia. Yet the country fails to play a more constructive role in helping to support the international liberal order, and its leadership is in frequent conflict with its Western allies. As a result, many in the West now question whether Turkey functions as a dependable ally for the United States and other NATO members. The author shows that domestic and regional realities are more and more likely to edge Turkey toward improving its relations with the West. A better understanding of these developments will be critical in devising an updated U.S. strategy toward Turkey and its neighborhood.

TURKEY--FOREIGN RELATIONS --- TURKEY--POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT

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TURKEY--POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT --- TURKEY--HISTORY--COUP D'ETAT, 1980

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While Turkey made major strides in democratic reforms in the 1990s and early 2000s, progress has, in many ways, stalled. Turkey remains 'democratic' in the sense that attaining political power depends upon winning votes, but in recent years its leadership has taken a majoritarian view of democracy and the country has faced problems on issues such as rule of law, freedom of speech, and increased polarization. This book explores the understanding and practice of democracy in Turkey since the early 2000s, analyzing its evolution in light of the parliamentary elections held in 2015. Adopting a more holistic approach in line with the writing of Wolfgang Merkel, it recognizes that a successful, consolidated democracy has various micro- and macro-level foundations. The former includes factors such as political values, tolerance, identity, and civil society, while the latter includes political economy, party competition, and institutional development. This volume rejects purely descriptive assessments and instead employs theoretical perspectives to analyze a dynamic political environment. It brings together a range of noted specialists on Turkish politics and society, who employ different methodological approaches and frameworks to offer a distinct scholarly work on democratization in Turkey.

DEMOCRACY--TURKEY --- DEMOCRATIZATION--TURKEY --- TURKEY--POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT

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The eastern provinces of the Ottoman Empire used to be a multi-ethnic region where Armenians, Kurds, Syriacs, Turks, and Arabs lived together in the same villages and cities. The disintegration of the Ottoman Empire and rise of the nation state violently altered this situation. Nationalist elites intervened in heterogeneous populations they identified as objects of knowledge, management, and change. These often violent processes of state formation destroyed historical regions andemptied multicultural cities, clearing the way for modern nation states. The Making of Modern Turkey highlights how

Turkey -- Ethnic relations -- History -- 20th century. --- Turkey -- History -- 1918-1960. --- Turkey -- History -- Mehmed V, 1909-1918. --- Turkey -- Politics and government -- 1909-1918. --- Turkey -- Politics and government -- 1918-1960.