Turkey
A Modern History
1st Edition
Published on 21. December 2017
480 pages
978-1-78672-183-9 (ISBN)
Description
This revised edition builds upon and updates its twin themes of Turkey's continuing incorporation into the capitalist world and the modernization of state and society. It begins with the forging of closer links with Europe after the French Revolution, and the changing face of the Ottoman Empire in the 19th century. Zurcher argues that Turkey's history between 1908 and 1950 should be seen as a unity, and offers a strongly revisionist interpretation of Turkey's founding father, Kemal Ataturk. In his account of the period since 1950, Zurcher focuses on the growth of mass politics; the three military coups; the thorny issue of Turkey's human right's record; the alliance with the West and relations with the European Community; Turkey's ambivalent relations with the Middle East; the increasingly explosive Kurdish question; and the continuing political instability and growth of Islam.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN-13
978-1-78672-183-9 (9781786721839)
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Book
04/2017
4th Edition
I.B. Tauris
€178.56
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Person
Erik J. Zurcher is Professor of Turkish Studies at the University of Leiden.
Content
- Cover
- Title page
- Copyright ©
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- Glossary
- Acronyms and Abbreviations
- Map of the Ottoman Balkans
- Map of Anatolia
- Map of the Arab Provinces of the Ottoman Empire
- Part I: Capitalism, Imperialism and the Growth of the Modern State
- 1. The Ottoman Empire at the End of the Eighteenth Century
- 2. Between Tradition and Innovation: Sultan Selim III and the 'New Order', 1789-1807
- 3. The Early Years of Sultan Mahmut II: The Centre Tries to Regain Control
- 4. The Later Years of Sultan Mahmut II: The Start of the Reforms
- 5. The Era of the Tanzimat, 1839-71
- 6. The Crisis of 1873-78 and its Aftermath
- 7. Reactionary Despotism or Culmination of the Reforms? The Reign of Sultan Abdülhamit II
- Part II: The Young Turk Era in Turkish History (1908-50)
- 8. The Second Constitutional Period, 1912-18
- 9. The Struggle for Independence
- 10. The Emergence of the One-Party State, 1923-27
- 11. The Kemalist One-Party State, 1925-45
- 12. The Transition to Democracy, 1945-50
- Part III: A Troubled Democracy
- 13. The Rule of the Democratic Party, 1950-60
- 14. The Second Turkish Republic, 1960-80
- Part IV: The Third Republic: Turkey since 1980
- 15. The State of Kenan Evren and the Economy of Turgut Özal
- 16. Years of Crisis, 1994-2002
- 17. Justice and Development, 2002-14
- Notes
- Bibliographical Survey
- Biographical Notes: Some Important Figures in Ottoman and Turkish History
- Index
