The Village Institutes were one of the most
efficacious social phenomena in the history of the
Turkish Republic. Being educational institutions,
they have been studied mostly in the discipline of
pedagogics. However, they were multi-dimensional
phenomena with far-reaching influence, and have
continued to be a significant subject for social
scientists. This book aims to contribute to the
academic literature on the Village Institutes by
analyzing them within the context of populism. The
book mainly focuses on the paradoxical relationship
between populism and democracy, and analyzes...