Towards a Post-Kemalist Turkey?
Editor's Notes
Editor's Note | Winter 2012
The year 2011 left a new Middle East in its wake. People power has toppled powerful authoritarian regimes in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya. What will emerge out of the so-called Arab Spring remains to be seen though. While celebrating the first anniversary of their “revolutions” Tunisians and Egyptians are still far from certain about the prospect for a consolidated democracy in their respective countries.
Commentaries
The process of making a new constitution has prompted a debate about the place of Kemalism in the...
In recent years the Arab lands have been reduced to a uniform discourse, which well suited those...
This essay critically approaches the impact of September 11, 2001 attacks in galvanizing the myth...
Articles
This article investigates the unique trajectory of Turkish (left-) liberalism which emerged first...
Turkey’s activism in former Yugoslavia is a continuation of the country’s post-Cold War strategy...
This paper compares what the two Cypriot leaders have been trying to accomplish through the peace...
The basic premise of this article is that conditions have ripened for an overall settlement of...
This paper argues that the purpose of democratization in Jordanian politics is not only a...
Writing a democratic constitution is the main task in the transition from authoritarianism to...
The article analyzes the historical roots and the current nature of the constitutional crisis in...
Review Article
Turkey: A Short History
Turkey’s role in the contemporary world continues to be a subject of intense debate, especially at a time when its economic performance surpasses that of several states within the European Union. In the light of recent developments, with the United Kingdom vetoing a rescue plan approved by the other twenty-six EU countries and therefore facing a future on Europe’s periphery, Turkey can now negotiate from a position of strength, secure in the knowledge that it is no longer Europe’s sole outsider, perpetually confined to its economic and political margins.
Book Reviews
Pascale Fournier’s book addresses the highly contentious and complex relationship between...
On November 30, 2006, Catholic Pope Benedict XVI made a historic visit to the Sultan Ahmed Mosque...
Accepting the responsibility of writing a review of a book like this volume edited by the...
Scholarship devoted to the examination of the Muslim faith has matured in recent decades. No...
This is a well documented book focusing on the Omani Ibadhi religious elite and their role in the...
This first book in a new series from the Institute of Ismaili Studies includes a dozen essays on...
According to the introduction of this book, it is the hope that this collection of essays “will...
‘Eurasianism’ is a relatively new concept in Russian history, and not one that appeals beyond a...
The US-Turkish relationship has faced trouble since the Iraq War. On the one hand, the current...
The history of rebellions in the Ottoman Empire during the early modern period has received a...
Laurence Raw’s volume, Exploring Turkish Cultures, makes a significant contribution to English...
In this original and engaging book, Gunes Murat Tezcur, a political scientist trained at the...