New Turkey
The Quiet Revolution on the Edge of Europe
Chris Morris(Author)
Granta Books (Publisher)
Published on 5. September 2005
Book
Hardback
288 pages
978-1-86207-790-4 (ISBN)
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Description
Turkey is a country in a state of flux, swept along by an extraordinary process of change. In the last few years a series of far-reaching political and economic reforms has swept away much of the old order which ruled the country for so long. Some people call it a second Turkish revolution. But resistance to reform remains strong. Pressure for change has come from ordinary people fed up with the old ways; it's also been motivated by the dominant issue of Turkish political life - the long pursuit of membership of the European Union. And yet Turkey remains a mystery to many outsiders; a complex country hard to understand. It's secular and Muslim, Western and Eastern, democratic and authoritarian, all at the same time. This book examines the potential and the problems of the new Turkey, and the expectations of the people who live there, drawing on first hand interviews and observations gathered over several years.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 158 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-86207-790-4 (9781862077904)
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11/2006
Granta Books
€33.63
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Chris Morris has covered Turkish affairs for the BBC for the last eight years - first as Turkey correspondent based in Ankara and Istanbul, and then as Europe Correspondent based in Brussels.