The Routledge handbook of Turkish politics / / edited by Alpaslan Ozerdem and Matthew Whiting.

• TeilnehmendeR: Ozerdem, Alpaslan,; Whiting, Matthew,
• Place / Publishing House: London ;, New York : : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group,, 2019.
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (529 pages)
• Notes: Non-Latin script record.

Turkey is going through possibly the most turbulent period in its history, with major consequences both nationally and internationally. The country today looks dramatically different from the Republic founded by Ataturk in 1923 on values including republicanism and laicism. The pace of change has been rapid and fundamental, with core interlinked changes in ruling institutions, political culture, political economy, and society. Divided into six main parts, this Handbook provides a single-source overview of Turkish politics: - Part I: History and the making of Contemporary Turkey - Part II: Politics and Institutions - Part III: The Economy, Environment and Development - Part IV: The Kurdish Insurgency and Security - Part V: State, Society and Rights - Part VI: External Relations This comprehensive Handbook is an essential resource for students of Politics, International Relations, International/Security Studies with an interest on contemporary Turkey.

Table of Contents

History and the making of contemporary Turkey -- Turkish politics : structures and dynamics / Samim Akgonul & Baskin Oran -- Turkey's never ending search for democracy / Ilter Turan -- Turkish secularism : looking forward and beyond the west / Murat Somer -- Political Islam / Kristin Fabbe & Efe Murat Balikcioglu -- The politics of Turkish nationalism : continuity and change / Durukan Kuzu -- Politics and institutions -- Elections, parties and the party system / Ersin Kalaycioglu -- The presidency : from independence to the AKP / Menderes Cinar & Nalan Soyarik Senturk -- Civil military relations / Metin Heper -- NGOs and civil society / Markus Ketola -- The media and media policy / Eylm Yanardagoglu -- The economy, environment and development -- Political economy / Ali Burak Guven -- Energy security and policy : between bandwagoning and hedging / H. Akin Unver -- The politics of environment and climate change / Umit Sahin -- The eonomic role of cities / Stephen Karam -- Governing the diaspora(s) and the limits of diaspora diplomacy / Bahar Baser -- Disaster management policy and governance / Helena Hermansson & Naim Kapucu -- The Kurdish insurgency and security -- The Kurdish question / Zeynep N. Kaya & Matthew Whiting -- The Kurdish insurgency / David Romano -- The perennial Kurdish question and failed peace processes / Cengiz Candar -- Terrorism, counter-insurgency and societal relations / Gareth Jenkins -- The village guard system : counter-insurgency and local collaboration / Evren Balta -- The 15 July 2016 failed coup and the security sector / Yaprak Gursoy -- State, society and rights -- Human rights / Zehra F. Kabasakal Arat -- Politics and the women's movement / Sevgi Adak -- Religious minorities / Samim Akgonul -- Religious education / Bekir S. Gur -- The transformation of health and healthcare / Enis Baris -- External relations -- Foreign policy, 1923-2018 / Mustafa Aydin -- Resetting foreign policy in a time of global turmoil / E. Fuat Keyman -- Turkey and its neighbours in the Middle East : Iran, Iraq and Syria / Behlul Ozkan -- US-Turkish relations in turmoil / Kemal Kirisci -- Turkey and Russia / Pavel K. Baev -- Forgotten promises and the possibilities for reviving relations between Turkey and the EU / Fusun Ozerdem -- Turkey's Cyprus policy in transition / Birol A. Yesilada -- Turkey-NATO relations : strategic imperatives, identity-building and predicaments / Muge Kinacioglu -- Turkey and UN peace keeping missions / Haluk Karadag -- Turkey as an emerging global humanitarian and peacebuilding actor / Alpaslan Ozerdem.