Turkey is a country with a history of multiparty electoral competition going back to 1950, longer than many other nations in the world. Until recently, it was often perceived as a model country that showed the feasibility of democratic governance in a Muslim-majority society. However, the rise of religious-nationalist populism and sociopolitical polarization has resulted in an authoritarian turn that has stifled political liberalization. Turkish foreign policy has had strong linkages with the West, but now exhibits a more independent and assertive position. Turkish national identity remains exclusionary, as citizens not belonging to the dominant ethnic and religious groups face various levels of discrimination. Political violence persists in the forms of state repression, insurgent attacks, and terrorism; nevertheless, Turkish civil society continues to be resilient. The economy has exhibited sustained levels of growth, though it remains vulnerable to crises.
The Oxford Handbook of Turkish Politics includes in-depth analyses of all these issues in conversation with the broader scholarly literature on authoritarianism and democratization, political economy, electoral politics, politics of identity, social movements, foreign policy, and the politics of art. With contributions by leading experts, the Handbook is an authoritative source offering state-of-the-art reviews of the scholarship on Turkish politics. The volume is an analytical, comprehensive, and comparative overview of contemporary politics in a country that literally and figuratively epitomizes "being at the crossroads."
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Guenes Murat Tezcuer is the Jalal Talabani Chair and Professor at the School of Politics, Security, and International Affairs at the University of Central Florida. He is also the founder of UCF's Kurdish Political Studies Program, the first and only program of its kind in North America. He is a social scientist studying political violence, religious politics, democratization, and human security with a focus on Iranian, Kurdish, and Turkish human geography.
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Jalal Talabani Chair and Professor at the School of Politics, Security, and International AffairsJalal Talabani Chair and Professor at the School of Politics, Security, and International Affairs, University of Central Florida
Foreword
Daron Acemoglu
1. The Study of Politics in Turkey: New Horizons and Perennial Pitfalls
Guenes Murat Tezcuer
Part I: Political Regime
2. Democratization Theories and Turkey
Ekrem Karakoc
3. Ruling Ideologies in Modern Turkey
Kerem OEktem
4. Constitutionalism in Turkey
Asli UE. Bali
5. Civil-Military Relations and the Demise of Turkish Democracy
Nil S. Satana and Burak Bilgehan OEzpek
6. Capturing Secularism in Turkey: The Ease of Comparison
Murat Akan
Part II: Political Economy
7. The Political Economy of Turkey since the End of World War II
Sevket Pamuk
8. Neoliberal Politics in Turkey
Sinan Erensue and Yahya M. Madra
9. The Politics of Welfare in Turkey
Erdem Yoeruek
10. The Political Economy of Environmental Policymaking in Turkey: A Vicious Cycle
Fikret Adaman, Bengi Akbulut, and Murat Arsel
11. The Politics of Energy in Turkey: Running Engines on Geopolitical, Discursive, and Coercive Power
Beguem OEzkaynak, Ethemcan Turhan, and Cem Iskender Aydin
12. The Contemporary Politics of Health in Turkey: Diverse Actors, Competing Frames, and Uneven Policies
Volkan Yilmaz
Part III: Leaders, Parties, and Voters
13. Populism in Turkey: Historical and Contemporary Patterns
Yueksel Taskin
14. Old and New Polarizations and Failed Democratizations in Turkey
Murat Somer
15. Economic Voting during the AKP Era in Turkey
S. Erdem Aytac
16. Party Organizations in Turkey and Their Consequences for Democracy
Melis G. Laebens
17. The Evolution of Conventional Political Participation in Turkey
Ersin Kalaycioglu
Part IV: Politics of Identity
18. Symbolic Politics and Contention in the Turkish Republic
Senem Aslan
19. Islamist Activism in Turkey
Menderes Cinar
20. The Kurdish Movement in Turkey: Understanding Everyday Perceptions and Experiences
Dilan Okcuoglu
21. The Transnational Mobilization of the Alevis of Turkey: From Invisibility to the Struggle for Equality
Ceren Lord
22. Politics of Asylum Seekers and Refugees in Turkey: Limits and Prospects of Populism
Fatih Resul Kilinc and Sule Toktas
Part V: Turkey and the World
23. A Theoretical Account of Turkish Foreign Policy under the AKP
Tarik Oguzlu
24. US-Turkey Relations since WWII: From Alliance to Transactionalism
Serhat Guevenc and Soli OEzel
25. Turkey and Europe: Historical Asynchronicities and Perceptual Asymmetries
Hakan Yilmaz
26. Turkey's Foreign Policy in the Middle East: An Identity Perspective
Lisel Hintz
27. Turkey and Russia: Historical Patterns and Contemporary Trends in Bilateral Relations
Evren Balta and Mitat Celikpala
Part VI: Civil Society and Activism
28. Citizenship and Protest Behavior in Turkey
Ayhan Kaya
29. Gender Politics and the Struggle for Equality in Turkey
Zehra F. Kabasakal Arat
30. Human Rights Organizations in Turkey
Basak Cali
31. Truth, Justice, and Commemoration Initiatives in Turkey
Onur Bakiner
32. The Politics of Media in Turkey: Chronicle of a Stillborn Media System
Sarphan Uzunoglu
Part VII: Politics of Art
33. The AKP's Rhetoric of Rule in Turkey: Political Melodramas of Conspiracy from "Ergenekon" to "Mastermind"
Erdag Goeknar
34. The Transformation of Political Cinema in Turkey since the 1960s: A Change of Discourse
Zeynep Cetin-Erus and M. Elif Demoglu
35. Political Music in Turkey: The Birth and Diversification of Dissident and Conformist Music (1920-2000)
Mustafa Avci
