Turkey Between Democracy and Authoritarianism

An accessible introduction to the processes which shape politics and economics in contemporary Turkey.

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. A long wave of urbanization; 3. From military rule to civilian politics; 4. Islamists in power; 5. Uneven economic development and domestic politics; 6. The Kurdish Revolt: nationalism and ethnicity; 7. Between Europe and the Middle East; 8. Women's call for democracy; 9. Conclusion.

About the author

Yeşim Arat is Professor in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at Boğaziçi Üniversitesi, Istanbul. She is the author of The Patriarchal Paradox: Women Politicians in Turkey (1989), Rethinking Islam and Liberal Democracy: Islamist Women in Turkish Politics (2005), Violence against Women in Turkey (2007, with Ayşe Gül Altınay, the Turkish version received the 2008 Pen Duygu Asena Award) and numerous articles on women and also Turkish politics. She served as a board member in various academic journals and also in UNRISD. She is a member of the Science Academy, Turkey.Şevket Pamuk is Professor of Economics and Economic History at Boğaziçi Üniversitesi, Istanbul. He is the author of many books and journal articles on Ottoman, Middle East and European economic history, most recently of Uneven Centuries: Economic History of Turkey since 1820 (2018). He was Professor and Chair in Contemporary Turkish Studies at the London School of Economics and Political Science from 2008 to 2013. Pamuk was President of the European Historical Economics Society, President of the Asian Historical Economics Society, Editor of the European Economic History Review and is a member of Academia Europea and Science Academy, Turkey.

Summary

An accessible introduction to the struggle between democracy and authoritarianism in Turkey since the 1980 military coup. Yesim Arat and Sevket Pamuk focus on the mutual distrust between the secular and Islamist groups, shedding new light on democratization processes and the eventual democratic backsliding.

Product details

• Authors: Ye& Arat, Ye&im Arat, Yesim Arat, Yeşim Arat, Yesim (Bogazici UEniversitesi Arat, Yesim (Bogazici Universitesi Arat, & Pamuk, &Evket Pamuk, Sevket Pamuk, Şevket Pamuk, Sevket (Bogazici UEniversitesi Pamuk, Sevket (Bogazici Universitesi Pamuk
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2019
• EAN: 9780521138505
• ISBN: 978-0-521-13850-5
• No. of pages: 308
• Series: The World Since 1980; The World Since 1980
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; Islam, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / General, 21st Century, Turkey, Political structure & processes, Political Economy, Middle Eastern history, c 1990 to c 2000, c 1990 to c 1999, C 1980 To C 1990, c 1980 to c 1989, Early 21st century c 2000 to c 2050, Political structure and processes