Turkey's Enagement with Modernity explores how the country has been shaped in the image of the Kemalist project of nationalist modernity and how it has transformed, if erratically, into a democratic society where tensions between religion, state and society continue unabated.
Turkey's Enagement with Modernity explores how the country has been shaped in the image of the Kemalist project of nationalist modernity and how it ha...
Since its re-emergence as nation-state in 1923, Turkey has often looked like an odd appendix to the West situated in the borderlands of Europe and the Middle East, economically backward, inward looking, marred by political violence, yet a staunch NATO ally, it has been eyed with suspicion by both 'East' and 'West'. The momentous changes in the regional and world order after 1989 have catapulted the country back to the world stage. Ever since, Turkey has turned into a major power broker and has developed into one the largest economies in the world. In the process, however, the country has...
Since its re-emergence as nation-state in 1923, Turkey has often looked like an odd appendix to the West situated in the borderlands of Europe and the...
Der Band prasentiert einen Querschnitt einer jungen, gegenwartsbezogenen Turkeiforschung. Im Zentrum steht dabei die Spannung zwischen repressiver Staatsideologie und kultureller und gesellschaftlicher Vielfalt, zwischen der Verfestigung autoritarer, neopatrimonialer Strukturen wahrend der Regierungszeit der AKP unter Tayyıp Erdoğan und vielfaltigen Formen des Widerstands. Viele der Beitrage reagieren direkt oder indirekt auf die gewaltsame Niederschlagung der Gezi-Proteste im Juni 2013 und beleuchten aus einer interdisziplinaren Perspektive das Scheitern des neoliberalen...
Der Band prasentiert einen Querschnitt einer jungen, gegenwartsbezogenen Turkeiforschung. Im Zentrum steht dabei die Spannung zwischen repressiver ...
