Since the 1980s, religious parties have enjoyed electoral success in a range of countries, raising questions about why religious movements have...

This book is almost surely designed for the use of undergraduates. It is short (193 pages of text), and covers ten of America’s wars from the time...

This is the third volume in a trilogy written by Ulrich Beck. The first two volumes – Power in the Global Age (2005) and The Cosmopolitan Vision...

Roger Trigg has written an insightful, balanced and clear-headed book on the complex topic of the relationship between religion and politics in a...

In The Identity of Nations, Montserrat Guibernau engages in the current debates about the extent to which multiculturalism still offers a valid...

“Turkey’s Modernization” is about the German-speaking Jewish academics and artists who looked for and found shelter along the Bosporus during the...

During his long career as poet, scholar, and translator, Talat Sait Halman has done more than any other single individual to promote knowledge of...

Autobiographies of Orhan Pamuk is one of the best introductions yet to the works of Turkey’s most famous author. This literary and biographical...

İsmet Inonu, the second president of the Republic of Turkey (1938-1950), is often neglected by historians in favor of Mustafa Kemal Atatiirk, the...

İsmet Inonu, the second president of the Republic of Turkey (1938-1950), is often neglected by historians in favor of Mustafa Kemal Atatiirk, the...

In his latest monograph on Turkey, veteran RAND foreign policy analyst Stephen Larrabee strikes the right cord between analysis and alarm. "Turkey...

Oil, Islam and Conflict: Central Asia since 1945 provides an excellent introduction to the region, especially for service people arriving in...

In recent years, particularly after the U.S. interventions in Afghanistan and Iraq, there has been an increase in debate on the politics of the...

Human Rights in Turkey provides a comprehensive picture of the present conditions of human rights issues and government policies in Turkey

The coming of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) to power in the November 3, 2002 general elections represented "a major turning point" for...

This book, based on a doctoral thesis written in the Department of Translation Studies at Bogazici University (submitted 2001) is a history of...

This review likely will sound like a paean to Rand, which, as always, has done its usual creditable job on this paper. If you have space for only...

Graham Fuller's latest book on Turkey provides a critical account of Turkey's foreign policy in the post-September 11 period and an insightful...

2007 was the 800th anniversary of the JaIalal al-Din al-Rumi.UNESCO designated 2007 as the Rurni year and a large number of activities were...

The establishment of a modern Turkey based on Western political values was a watershed in Turkey's history.

After the fall of the Soviet Union, Central Asia experienced a substantial revival of Islam. Mosques were Opened and reopened, and many people...

Medieval Islamic Political Thought examines political thought based on Islam within the indicated period, as well as the theoretical and practical...

When I first received a copy of Zachary Shore’s Breeding Bin Ladens: America, Islam and the Future of Europe, published by John Hopkins University...

Debates on the position and reaction of Muslim societies towards secularism and democracy have considerably increased in recent years. Contextual...