1st Edition
Human Security in Turkey Challenges for the 21st century
Introduction, Editors Foreword: Human Security – A Practitioner’s Perspective, Filippo Grandi 1. Human(secur)ity and Its Subjects, Oliver P. Richmond Part I: Democratization and Social Cohesion 2. Minority Protection: A Thorny Issue in Turkish–EU Relations, Özden Zeynep Oktav 3. What Went Wrong with the ‘Romani Opening’ in Turkey?, Funda Gençoğlu Onbaşı 4. Teaching National Security or Peace?: The Case of the Turkish National Curriculum, Bezen Balamir Coşkun and Halit Hakan Ediğ 5. Democratization, Conflict Transformation and Women’s Organizations, Sanem Özer 6. Social Exclusion and Local Authorities: A Case Study of İstanbul, İhsan İkizer 7. Uncertain Past, Uncertain Future, Uncertain Present: Social Cohesion and Conflicts in Iğdır Province, Giacomo Golinelli Part II: Turkey as an Agent of Peace and Security 8. Religion in Turkey’s Domestic and International Agendas: Human Security Perspectives, Füsun Özerdem, Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University, and Alan Hunter 9. Turkey: Bridging Europe and Islam, Devrim Ümit 10. Securitization and Externalization of the Migration Practices in the EU: Readmission Agreements and the Turkish Case, Burcu Toğral 11. Termination of the Vendetta of the Black Sea? Stable Peace, Energy Security and Russian–Turkish Relations, Reşat Bayer 12. Turkey’s Human Security Agenda in the Gaza Stri, Ibrahim Natil Conclusion, Editors
Biography
Alpaslan Özerdem is Professor of Peacebuilding and Director of the Centre for Peace and Reconciliation Studies at Coventry University, UK. He is co-editor of Participatory Research Methodologies in Development and Post Disaster/Conflict Reconstruction (2010) and co-author of Managing Emergencies and Crises (2011), among other books. He is also Chief Editor of the Journal of Conflict Transformation and Security.
Füsun Özerdem is Assistant Professor in Political Science and International Relations at Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University, Turkey. Her main areas of expertise are EU regional policy, Turkey’s accession to the EU, cross-border cooperation programmes, EU social policy and human security.
