1st Edition

The Routledge Handbook of Modern Turkish History

Edited By Mesut Uyar, Edward J. Erickson Copyright 2026
374 Pages
by Routledge

374 Pages
by Routledge

This handbook is an innovative recasting and reinterpretation of modern Turkish history centered on war and society. It covers much neglected conflicts and wars and provides new insights about its complex politics, military, diplomacy, and people. The Turkish Republic was born after a series of wars which dismantled the Ottoman Empire and left the foundation of a state with new and reduced... Read more

Prologue
Mesut Uyar and Edward J. Erickson

Part 1: Studies in Periodization

1. The Ottoman Legacy
Edhem Eldem

2. The Foundation of the Turkish Republic under Atatürk 1923–38
Hazal Papuççular

3. One-Party State and National Leader 1938–50
Sinan Yıldırmaz

4. Pluralist and Monopolistic 1950–60
Emrah Özdemir

5. Between Military Rule and Democracy 1960–83
Halil Akkurt

6. Democratization and Economic Liberalization 1983–2002
Güven Gürkan Öztan

7. The Political Islam in Power 2002–24
Dimitar Bechev

Part 2: Thematic Studies

8. Land and the People
Mesut Uyar

9. Politics and Democratization
Karabekir Akkoyunlu

10. Diplomacy
Nur Bilge Criss

11. The Armed Forces
Mehmet Fatih Baş

12. Civil-Military Relations
Barış Ateş

13. Media
Şakir Eşitti and Mehmet Işık

14. Migration and Diaspora
Nermin Aydemir and Ayhan Kaya

15. Integration with the West
Paul Kubicek

Part 3: War and Society

16. Turkish War of Independence 1919–22
Mehmet Fatih Baş

17. Ethnic and Religious Rebellions 1923–39
Ahmet Özcan

18. The Korean War 1950–53
Nadav Solomonovich

19. Cold War 1946–91
William Prigge

20. Cyprus Crisis and War
Edward J. Erickson and Mesut Uyar

21. Time of Troubles: Left-Wing and Right-Wing Political Violence 1965–1980
Benjamin Gourisse

22. Kurdish Insurgency and Counterinsurgency
Michael M. Gunter

23. Peace Support Operations
Richard Outzen

Biography

Mesut Uyar is a Professorial Fellow at the University of New South Wales, Canberra. His most recent books are The Ottoman Army and the First World War (2021) and Phase Line Attila: The Amphibious Campaign for Cyprus, 1974 (2020).

Edward J. Erickson is a retired Professor of Military History from the Department of War Studies at the Marine Corps University. His books include Phase Line Attila: The Amphibious Campaign for Cyprus, 1974 (2020) and The Turkish War of Independence, A Military History 1919-1923 (2021)