The 1999 Helsinki Summit marks one of the most momentous events in Turkish political history. The declaration of Turkey as an official candidate country for the EU in 1999 helped the EU to make a profound impact on the modernization of Turkish politics, as since then, Turkeys domestic politics have been approached by the EU not as an external issue but as an area of concern which needs to be closely scrutinized. This study seeks to shed light on what domestic factors in Turkish politics -i.e. political parties, civil society, political tradition and culture and the military establishment...
The 1999 Helsinki Summit marks one of the most momentous events in Turkish political history. The declaration of Turkey as an official candidate count...
This book considers the key issue of Turkey's treatment of minorities in relation to its complex paths of both European integration and domestic and international reorientation. The expectations of Turkey's EU and other international counterparts, as well as important domestic demands, have pushed Turkey to broaden the rights of religious and other minorities. More recently a turn towards autocratic government is rolling back some earlier achievements. This book shows how these broader processes affect the lives of three important religious groups in Turkey: the Alevi as a large Muslim...
This book considers the key issue of Turkey's treatment of minorities in relation to its complex paths of both European integration and domestic an...
