Contemporary Turkey in Conflict: Ethnicity, Islam and Politics

Tahir Abbas

Published by Edinburgh University Press 2016

Contemporary Turkey in Conflict

Ethnicity, Islam and Politics

Tahir Abbas

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781474418003

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Explores ethnicity, politics and Islam in Turkey in the 21st-century

New perspectives on ethnic relations, Islam and neoliberalism have emerged in Turkey since the rise of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) in 2002. Placing the period within its historical and contemporary context, Tahir Abbas argues that what it is to be ethnically, religiously and culturally Turkish has been transformed. He explores how issues of political trust, social capital and intolerance towards minorities have characterised Turkey in the early years of the 21st-century. He shows how a radical neoliberal economic and conservative outlook has materialised, leading to a clash over the religious, political and cultural direction of Turkey. These conflicts are defining the future of the nation.

Key features

Uses original qualitative data and observational analysis of the Gezi Park protests of 2013 and of a Kurdish community in the southeast of Turkey to explore aspects of political resistance and mobilisation
Analyses attitudes and perceptions of Turkish respondents based on survey data from the European Social Survey
Includes case studies to provide an insight on intergroup relations, social conflict and cultural cohesion in Turkey
Offers an important contribution to the discussion of Islamism, capitalism and democracy in Turkey

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	iii
Figures and Tables Publicly Available Download PDF	iv
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	xiii
Chronology Publicly Available Download PDF	xv
1 Setting the Scene Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2 Historicising Pluralism and Monoculturalism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	24
3 Insights on Intolerance towards Minorities Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	47
4 Perspectives on the ‘Kurdish Issue’ Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	72
5 The Gezi Park Awakening Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	96
6 Exploring Trust in Society and Politics Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	118
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Language: English
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 216
Illustrations
- Other: 5 B/W illustrations
Keywords: Islamic Studies

eBook

Published: December 2, 2016
ISBN: 9781474418003