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Book SynopsisThis book explores the role of religion in the transformation of Turkey under the reign of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his Justice and Development Party. It attempts to come to terms with the current political crisis in Turkey and the government’s move toward authoritarianism.
Table of Contents1. Faulty Assumptions about Democratization in Turkey 2. Populism and the Politics of Belonging in Erdoğan’s Turkey 3. Understanding Contemporary Turkey’s Nostalgia for the Ottoman Empire and Neo-Ottomanist Approaches in Turkish Politics 4. Governing Anxiety, Trauma, and Crisis: The Political Discourse on Ontological (In)security after the July 15 Coup Attempt in Turkey 5. The Evolving Kurdish Question in Turkey 6. Positive and Negative Diaspora Governance in Context: From Public Diplomacy to Transnational Authoritarianism 7. Transformation of Turkish Foreign Policy towards Syria: The Return of Securitization 8. The Turkish-Armenian Historical Controversy: How to Name the Events of 1915?
