The Routledge Handbook of Turkish Politics

Edited by Alpaslan Özerdem, Matthew Whiting

Routledge, 514 p.

 

 

Introduction

PART I: HISTORY AND THE MAKING OF CONTEMPORARY TURKEY

 

1. Turkish Politics: Structures and Dynamics Samim Akgönül & Baskin Oran
2. Turkey’s Never Ending Search for Democracy İlter Turan
3. Turkish Secularism: Looking Forward and Beyond the West Murat Somer
4. Political Islam Kristin Fabbe & Efe Murat Balıkçıoğlu
5. The Politics of Turkish Nationalism: Continuity and Change Durukan Kuzu

 

PART II: POLITICS AND INSTITUTIONS

 

6. Elections, Parties and the Party System Ersin Kalaycıoğlu
7. The Presidency: From Independence to the AKP Menderes Çınar & Nalan Soyarık Şentürk 8. Civil Military Relations Metin Heper
8. NGOs and Civil Society Markus Ketola
9. The Media and Media Policy Eylm Yanardağoğlu

 

PART III: THE ECONOMY, ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT

11. Political Economy Alu Burak Güven
12. Energy Security and Policy: Between Bandwagoning and Hedging H. Akın Ünver
13. The Politics of Environment and Climate Change Ümit Şahin
14. The Eonomic Role of Cities Stephen Karam
15. Governing the Diaspora(s) and the Limits of Diaspora Diplomacy Bahar Başer
16. Disaster Management Policy and Governance Helena Hermansson & Naim Kapucu

 

PART IV: THE KURDISH INSURGENCY AND SECURITY

17. The Kurdish Question Zeynep N. Kaya & Matthew Whiting
18. The Kurdish Insurgency David Romano
19. The Perennial Kurdish Question and Failed Peace Processes Cengiz Çandar
20. Terrorism, Counter-Insurgency and Societal Relations Gareth Jenkins
21. The Village Guard System: Counter-Insurgency and Local Collaboration Evren Balta 22. The 15 July 2016 Failed Coup and the Security Sector Yaprak Gürsoy

 

PART V: STATE, SOCIETY AND RIGHTS

23. Human Rights Zehra F. Kabasakal Arat
24. Politics and the Women’s Movement Sevgi Adak
25. Religious Minorities Samim Akgönül
26. Religious Education Bekir S. Gür
27. The Transformation of Health and Healthcare Enis Bariş

 

PART VI: EXTERNAL RELATIONS

28. Foreign Policy, 1923-2018 Mustafa Aydın
29. Resetting Foreign Policy in a Time of Global Turmoil E. Fuat Keyman
30. Turkey and its Neighbours in the Middle East: Iran, Iraq and Syria Behlül Özkan
31. US-Turkish Relations in Turmoil Kemal Kirişci
32. Turkey and Russia Pavel K. Baev
33. Forgotten Promises and the Possibilities for Reviving Relations between Turkey and the EU Füsun Özerdem
34. Turkey’s Cyprus Policy in Transition Birol A. Yeşilada
35. Turkey-NATO Relations: Strategic Imperatives, Identity-Building and Predicaments Müge Kınacıoğlu
36. Turkey and UN Peace Keeping Missions Haluk Karadağ
37. Turkey as an Emerging Global Humanitarian and Peacebuilding Actor Alpaslan Özerdem

 

Conclusion