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The Mobilization of Political Islam in Turkey
The Mobilization of Political Islam in Turkey explains why political Islam, which has been part of Turkish politics since the 1970s but on the rise only since the 1990s, has now achieved governing power. Drawing on social movement theory, the book focuses on the dominant form of Islamist activism in Turkey by analyzing the increasing electoral strength of four successive Islamist political parties: the Welfare Party; its successor, the Virtue Party; and the successors of the Virtue Party: the Felicity Party and the Justice and Development Party. This book, which is based on extensive primary and secondary sources as well as in-depth interviews, provides the most comprehensive analysis currently available of the Islamist political mobilization in Turkey.
Class, Capital, State, and Late Development
In Class, Capital, State, and Late Development: The Political Economy of Military Interventions in Turkey, Gönenç Uysal discusses state-military-society relations in Turkey from the late Ottoman era to today by exploring state-class-capital relations under the dynamics of uneven development. Uysal approaches Turkey as a late-developing social formation characterised by unevenness and dependency, arising from the contradictions of capitalist relations of production and integration with the world capitalist system. By drawing upon historical materialism/Marxism, Uysal offers a critical/radical understanding of (re)organisation of the state and military interventions in politics in peripheries of global capitalism.
Turkey's Accession to the European Union
Turkey’s accession to the European Union is undoubtedly one of the Union’s most contested potential enlargements. The narrative that dominates the debate surrounding this issue primarily relates to problems such as a lack of respect for fundamental human rights in Turkey, the Kurdish question and the continuing stalemate concerning northern Cyprus. This book looks at these issues, but also proposes that a review of Turkey’s experience with the EU in its numerous incarnations suggests that these concerns may mask a deeper disquiet. Whilst there are several questions that Turkey must address, particularly in the area of human rights guarantees, the concerns which raise debates regarding ...
Democratization and the Politics of Constitution-making in Turkey
The Turkish experience in constitution-making can be described as a series of missed opportunities to create political institutions based on broad consensus. None of the three republican constitutions (those of 1924, 1961, and 1982), nor the Ottoman Constitution of 1876 was written by a Constituent or a Legislative Assembly broadly representative of social forces or through a process of negotiations, bargaining, and compromise. Consequently, they all had weak political legitimacy. No doubt, the prospects of EU membership provided a powerful stimulus for these constitutional reforms as well as the nine harmonization packages. With these reforms, Turkey has sufficiently satisfied the Copenhagen political criteria and started accession negotiations with the EU. It would be wrong to assume, however, that these reforms were simply an outcome of Turkey's desire to join the EU. They also responded to the society's demands for a more democratic and liberal political system. Book jacket.
Counter-terrorism and human rights in the case law of the European Court of Human Rights
Terrorism has become one of the major threats facing both states and the international community, in particular after the terrorist attacks in the United States, Madrid and London, which revealed a whole new scale and dimension of the phenomenon. An effective response is absolutely necessary; this response, however, cannot undermine democracy, human rights, the rule of law or the supreme values inherent to these principles.There is no universally agreed definition of "terrorism", nor is there an international Jurisdiction before which the perpetrators of terrorist crimes can be brought to account. The European Court of Human Rights is the first international Jurisdiction to deal with such a ...
Suits and Uniforms
This text examines the origins, organic political make-up and direction of Turkish foreign policy since the Cold War. Using four case studies, the author contends that since 1989 domestic factors have determined foreign policy.
Zamanın Sabrı
ZAMANIN SİHRİ SABIR, LANETİ İSE TEKERRÜRDÜR. Bizi biz yapan, aldığımız kararları etkileyen en temel şey hatırladıklarımız ve unuttuklarımızdır. Ancak her seçiş bir vazgeçişi ve ödenmesi gereken bir bedeli beraberinde getiriyor. 90’ların bitmesiyle birlikte unutmayı seçtiklerimiz, yüzleşmediğimiz, hesabını sormadığımız her şeyin bedelini; şimdi kırılgan bir demokraside, güvercin tedirginliğinde yaşayarak ödüyoruz. Sedat Peker ile kapısı kırılan 90’lar odasına giriyoruz birlikte. Bu kitap, içinde yaşarken göremediklerimizi üzerinden geçen 30 yıllık yaşanmışlığın olgunluğu ile hatırlayalım diye yazıldı. O dönem fark etmediğimiz örüntülerin, bugüne etkilerini görmeyi, aklıselim şekilde “Biz nerede hata yaptık?” diye sormayı amaçladı. 40 yaş altındaysanız, duyduğunuz isimlerin, okuduğunuz olayların aslında ne olduğunu sizin için özetledi. Bir anlamda 90’lar odasının kabaca tozunu aldı. Her şeyi raflarına dizdi, kutularına koydu. Kutuların üzerine etiketler yapıştırdı. Zamanın sabrı kapıyı açtı...
Mobilizing Religion in Middle East Politics
Contrary to the expectations of the secularization theorists, religious political movements rose to prominence in numerous countries across the globe in the past three decades. By examining the conditions that underlie the electoral fortunes of religious actors in democratic regimes, this book contributes to our understanding of this worldwide religious resurgence. Employing a social movement theory framework, Mobilizing Religion in Middle East Politics explores the macro and micro dynamics of successful political mobilization by Sephardic Torah Guardians (Shas) in Israel and the National Outlook Movement in Turkey in the recent decades. In a comparative framework, the book demonstrates how ...
The Statesman's Year-Book 1974-75
The classic reference work that provides annually updated information on the countries of the world.
