This book presents the results of the collaborative research project “Muslims in Europe and their Societies of Origin in Asia and Africa” which was...

In Mustafa Akyol’s book Islam With- out Extremes, the author takes up the challenge to confront the many misconceptions and false portrayals of...

Fergana Valley: The Heart of Central Asia is a remarkable volume that offers a very comprehensive and interesting study on the political and social...

Stable Outside, Fragile Inside? Post- Soviet Statehood in Central Asia brings together a team of authors who address the complex issues of building...

With this book, Shireen Hunter offers an exhaustive manual of the Islamic Republic’s foreign policy. However, the excessive engagement in...

This volume is a compilation of essays on various aspects of Salafism, written by leading scholars and experts, mostly European based, on this...

In the ever-increasing stream of academic studies of Turkey’s foreign policy, no aspect is better covered than Turkey’s relations with the European...

Controversies over the realities of life in the harem have long been in need of a treatment that challenges the stereotypically narrow perception...

In the recent decade, the number of think thanks in Turkey skyrocketed. Those numbers should not cause overexcitement since along with the serious...

In this little book Talat Halman continues his lifelong campaign to acquaint the English-speaking public with Turkish literature. This introduction...

Reproducing Class is a neatly focused examination of the transformative work of globalization in Istanbul through a focus on the family. With an...

Notwithstanding its somewhat misleading title, this book focuses exclusively on the representations of Turkey in the French debate about Turkey’s...

Georg Schmid’s The Narrative of the Occident was published by Peter Lang in 2009. The book consists of nine chapters; in the first four chapters...

No matter how many attempts there have been to clarify the significance of the Islamic veil it remains a hotly contested issue. In Western...

Under the impact of globalization, and despite increased calls for diversity to be recognized, universal citizenship rights that safeguard...

The first decade of the 20th century represents a very significant though turbulent period in the history of the Caucasian peoples. Not only had...

Global Security Watch: The Caucasus States by Professor Houman A. Sadri of the University of Central Florida is an important addition to the...

Thinking Through Islamophobia contains 27 essays examining the concept of Islamophobia through discussions that cut across continents and...

This collection of essays bridges the gap between arguments that emphasize the role of Islamic communities and the individualization of religious...

In this timely volume, Alexander Warkotsch gathers a variety of authors from different backgrounds who work and research Central Asia to produce an...

Most of the recently published books on the Kurdish problem in Turkey focus on the armed struggle and the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK). Watts,...

As the Kurdish question in Turkey has yet to be solved, the question itself does not remain constant but rather it is dynamic and revolves around...

Özlem Terzi’s book analyzes the impact of the European Union membership process on the “alleged transformation” of Turkish foreign policy,...

Early on in this slim account of 1,300 years’ of Turkish history, Norman Stone suggests: “If you are Turkish you have to ask what you owe to: (1)...