Angry Nation
A Modern History of Turkey
2nd Edition
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-1-78360-828-7 (ISBN)
Description
Turkey was once regarded as merely an odd appendix to the West:
economically backward, inward-looking, marred by political violence, and yet a
staunch NATO ally. But as a result of the turmoil currently engulfing
the Middle East,
Turkey has become a country of increasing global significance. Negotiating an
uneasy membership in the Western security alliance with its predominantly
Muslim identity, it is a test case for a number of the momentous conflicts of
our time: from the future of Islamic reform and democracy to the capacity of
the European Union to project its norms, and from the quest to come to terms
with a past marred by mass violence to the promise of equitable economic
development.
Kerem OEktem charts the contemporary history of Turkey, exploring such
key issues as the relationship between religion and the state, Kurdish
identity, Turkey's relationship with Israel, and the ongoing controversy over
EU membership. This new edition adds up-to-date analysis of recent
developments, including the momentous events of the Gezi Park protests, and assesses
the extent to which political Islam in Turkey has been able to respond to these
new challenges.
Readable but comprehensive, Angry
Nation remains the definitive book on the country's erratic transformation
from a military dictatorship to a maturing, if still deeply troubled,
democracy.
economically backward, inward-looking, marred by political violence, and yet a
staunch NATO ally. But as a result of the turmoil currently engulfing
the Middle East,
Turkey has become a country of increasing global significance. Negotiating an
uneasy membership in the Western security alliance with its predominantly
Muslim identity, it is a test case for a number of the momentous conflicts of
our time: from the future of Islamic reform and democracy to the capacity of
the European Union to project its norms, and from the quest to come to terms
with a past marred by mass violence to the promise of equitable economic
development.
Kerem OEktem charts the contemporary history of Turkey, exploring such
key issues as the relationship between religion and the state, Kurdish
identity, Turkey's relationship with Israel, and the ongoing controversy over
EU membership. This new edition adds up-to-date analysis of recent
developments, including the momentous events of the Gezi Park protests, and assesses
the extent to which political Islam in Turkey has been able to respond to these
new challenges.
Readable but comprehensive, Angry
Nation remains the definitive book on the country's erratic transformation
from a military dictatorship to a maturing, if still deeply troubled,
democracy.
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Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 135 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-78360-828-7 (9781783608287)
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Kerem
OEktem is a Professor for Southeast European Studies at the University of Graz,
Austria. He is also an associate of the Centre for International Studies at the
University of Oxford, where he read for his D. Phil at the School of Geography
and taught at the Oriental Institute until 2014. He has published extensively
on Turkish politics and international relations, as well as in the fields of
nationalism studies, ethnic conflict, ethnic diversity and Muslims in Europe.
His most recent books are the monograph
Circumcision and surveillance: Jews, Muslims, and German attitudes (Basingstoke:
Palgrave Macmillan, 2014), a special issue of the Journal Patterns of Prejudice on Armenian-Turkish relations, edited with
Sossie Kasbarian (2014), and the volume Another
empire? A decade of Turkey's foreign policy under the Justice and Development
Party (Istanbul: Bilgi University Press, 2012), with Ayse Kadioglu and
Mehmet Karli. Kerem OEktem has contributed articles to Nations and Nationalism, The English Historical Review, European
Journal of Turkish Studies, Journal of Muslims in Europe, Southeast European
and Black Sea Studies and the
Yearbook of Muslims in Europe. In addition to his scholarly work, he
comments on current affairs for OpenDemocracy.
OEktem is a Professor for Southeast European Studies at the University of Graz,
Austria. He is also an associate of the Centre for International Studies at the
University of Oxford, where he read for his D. Phil at the School of Geography
and taught at the Oriental Institute until 2014. He has published extensively
on Turkish politics and international relations, as well as in the fields of
nationalism studies, ethnic conflict, ethnic diversity and Muslims in Europe.
His most recent books are the monograph
Circumcision and surveillance: Jews, Muslims, and German attitudes (Basingstoke:
Palgrave Macmillan, 2014), a special issue of the Journal Patterns of Prejudice on Armenian-Turkish relations, edited with
Sossie Kasbarian (2014), and the volume Another
empire? A decade of Turkey's foreign policy under the Justice and Development
Party (Istanbul: Bilgi University Press, 2012), with Ayse Kadioglu and
Mehmet Karli. Kerem OEktem has contributed articles to Nations and Nationalism, The English Historical Review, European
Journal of Turkish Studies, Journal of Muslims in Europe, Southeast European
and Black Sea Studies and the
Yearbook of Muslims in Europe. In addition to his scholarly work, he
comments on current affairs for OpenDemocracy.
Content
Acknowledgements List of abbreviations Foreword by Benjamin Zephaniah 1 Born and Bred Here 2 Defending the Imaginary Nation 3 The Story of Bury Park4 'The EDL Cannot Survive Here' 5 The Changing Faces of the Radical Right 6 The Colours of British Racism 7 The New Outsiders Afterword Index