Since the 1980 military coup in Turkey much of the history and politics of the country can be described as a struggle between democracy and authoritarianism. In this accessible account of the country s politics society and economics the authors delve into the causes... Lees meer.

Turkey s Difficult Journey to Democracy provides a thorough examination of the evolution of Turkey s democracy to the present day. Turkey s Difficult Journey to Democracy provides a thorough examination of the evolution of Turkey s democracy to the present day. After... Lees meer.

While Turkey has grown as a world power promoting the image of a progressive and stable nation several policy choices have strained its relationship with the East and the West. Providing social historical and religious context for Turkey s singular behavior the ess... Lees meer.

An incisive account of Erdo an s Turkey showing how its troubling transformation may be short-lived An incisive account of Erdo an s Turkey showing how its troubling transformation may be short-lived Since coming to power in 2002 Recep Tayyip Erdo an has overseen... Lees meer.

The political trial of Fethullah G len a moderate Turkish religious leader helped to greatly expand civil liberties and strengthen democracy in Turkey. The trial began in 2000 in an Ankara state security court now disbanded and ended in 2008 in an appeals court in G... Lees meer.

In 2002 the Islamist Justice and Development Party AKP swept to power in Turkey. Since then it has shied away from a hard-line ideological stance in favour of a more conservative and democratic approach. In this book M. Hakan Yavuz negotiates this ambivalence asking... Lees meer.

This book examines the determinants and consequences of policy responsiveness and change and how policy issues get onto the media and legislative agenda in a transitional democracy. It provides a detailed and attention based theory of Turkish Politics and develops and... Lees meer.

In this book the discourse of left of center which came onto the agenda in 1965 was scrutinized in the context of the intellectual history and social democracies of Western Europe. The left of center entered Turkish politics as an attributed feature to the Republican Pe... Lees meer.

The most dramatic revealing and little-known story in Turkey s history - which illuminates the nation Through the spellbinding career of a single ill-fated leader Jeremy Seal illuminates a bitterly divided country Colin Thubron Read this book if you re interested... Lees meer.

Adnan Menderes election to power in 1950 signalled a new epoch in the history of modern Turkey. For the first time a democratic government ruled the country taking over Kemal Ataturk s political heirs the People s Republican Party CHP and challenging the Kemalist e... Lees meer.

Since the establishment in 1945 of a constitutional democracy political parties have figured prominently in Turkish politics. This book first published in 1991 examines the role they have played. Key features of the political culture of the Turkish republic have crea... Lees meer.

Muslim Democracy explores the relationship between politics and religion in forty-seven Muslim-majority countries focusing especially on those with democratic experience such as Indonesia and Turkey and drawing comparisons with their regional non-Islamic counterpart... Lees meer.

Stressing the importance of the development of democratic dialogue in divided societies the author tests his claims of a new deliberative framework by analyzing interaction between Islamic and secular discourses in the Turkish public sphere. He also offers insight into... Lees meer.

The Republic of Turkey has experienced impressive growth since its establishment in 1923 after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire. Dr. Tachau presents Turkey as an intriguing case for political analysis. a Third Wold nation whose political development began some 25 yea... Lees meer.

Football Fandom Protest and Democracy offers an in-depth and inside approach to the socio-political history of football in Turkey where fandom is often revered as part of the national identity presenting the historical context for football events in the country. Base... Lees meer.