1st Edition

Turkey between Nationalism and Globalization

Edited By Riva Kastoryano Copyright 2013
240 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

240 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

240 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Turkish society has been going through institutional and ideological change that has affected its social, cultural and political practices. This book examines these contemporary tensions, which have led to a re-appraisal of Turkey as a nation and Turkish nationalism as it tries to situate itself as a regional and global power. Analysing the internal and external dynamics of Turkey and the role... Read more

Introduction Riva Kastoryano  Part I: A nation was born  1. The Odd Man Out, or Why there was No Regime Change in the Ottoman Empire at the End of World War I Erik Jan Zürcher  2. Reflections on Millets and Minorities: Ottoman Legacies Aron Rodrigue  3. Reflections on the Relationship between Imaginative Literature and Religious and National Identities Elisabeth Özdalga  Part II: Continuity and changes in Turkish nationalism  4. Kemalist Nationalism’s Murky Waters Cemil Koçak  5. The Topography of Nationalism in Turkey: Actors, Discourses and the Struggle for Hegemony Umut Özkırımlı  6. The New Islamist Domination in Turkey: Occidentalism Toppled Buket Türkmen  7. Notes on the White Turks Debate Tanıl Bora  Part III: The nation’s fragments  8. Necessity and State Exception: The Turkish State’s Permanent War with its Kurdish Citizens Ayşe Kadıoğlu  9. Secularism in the Age of Globalization: The AKP and the Revival of the Ottoman Legacy Haldun Gülalp  Part IV: Power in globalization  10. Civil Society as Soft Power: Islamic NGOs and Turkish Foreign Policy Zeynep Atalay  11. Becoming a World Economic Power: The Neo-nationalism of the AKP Ahmet Insel  12. Turkey as Regional Power: Unfounded Ambition or Future Reality? Seyfettin Gürsel

Biography

Riva Kastoryano is a research director at the CNRS (National Centre for Scientific Research), and Professor at Sciences Po in Paris, France.