Turkey in Transition: Politics, society and foreign policy

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This book gives a sheer framework for the Turkish story of transition in politics, society, and foreign affairs during the Justice and Development Party era. This book expands upon transitions in political and societal fabric of the country together with its eventual reorientation of foreign policy in broader regional and global contexts. The themes covered in this book are not only placed in a historical context but also provide an analytical insight into the 2000s. The individual chapters may be read in isolation. Readers who are interested in Turkish politics and foreign policy can find this book an easy read and gain a detailed understanding of the current state of art. This book serves as a supplementary course book at undergraduate and graduate levels in the fields of political science and international relations, and Turkish politics. Cover Copyright information Dedication Contents Part One Politics and Society in Transition Democracy and a Radical System Shift 1 Introduction 2 Theories on Democratic Consolidation 3 Historical Background 4 Democratic Consolidation and the Analysis of the Turkish Model 4.1 Economic Society 4.2 Bureaucracy 4.3 Rule of Law 4.4 Civil and Political Society 5 Conclusion Bibliography Electoral Behavior: Urban Myths versus Realities 1 Introduction 2 Sociology, Psychology or Economy? Or Perhaps Biology? 2.1 The Sociological or Social Structural Approach 2.2 The Michigan School or the Party Affiliation Approach 2.3 Rational Choice and Economic Models of Voting 2.4 Biological/Neuroscientific Approaches 3 Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose! 4 The Turkish Voter 4.1 Is It Really the Economy, Stupid? 4.2 Ideology or Party: Which Comes First? 4.3 Secular versus Religious Divide 5 Conclusion Bibliography Turkish Secularism and Challenges of Transformation 1 Introduction 2 Secularism and Models of a Secular State 3 Turkish Secularism and Its Three Phases: From Single Party to Multi-Party Rule 3.1 The Early Republican Period: Secularism as a Top-Down Modernization Project 3.2 Multi-Party System: Challenges to Authoritarian Secularism 3.3 AKP Rule and Controversies on Secularism 4 Conclusion Bibliography Political Culture: A Tale of Two Civilizations 1 Introduction 2 Defining Political Culture 3 Political Culture(s) of Turkey 4 Political Culture of Present Day Turkey 5 Turkish Values Studies 6 A Democratic Political Culture? 7 Conclusion Bibliography Populism in Power: The Case of Turkey 1 Introduction 2 Defining Populism 3 The Economic Definition: AKP’s Neoliberal Populism 4 The Political Definition of Populism 4.1 The Roots and the Rise of AKP’s Populism 4.2 Leadership and Discourse of Populism 4.3 Mechanisms of Populist Hegemony Construction 4.4 Populist Attitudes in the Turkish Electorate 5 Other Populisms 6 Conclusion Bibliography Continuity and Change in Turkish Civil Society 1 Introduction 2 The Revival of Civil Society 3 Europeanization of Turkish Civil Society and Its Limits 4 The Gezi Protests and Beyond 5 Conclusion Bibliography Politicizing the Environment: The Ecological Crisis of Turkey 1 Introduction 2 Current Issues and Debates 3 State Actors and Environmental Politics 3.1 National and Local Environmental Policy (Read: Growth and Energy Policies) 3.2 Local Governments 4 Environmental Civil Society 5 Conclusion Bibliography Popular Culture: Resurrection of Ottoman Nostalgia 1 Introduction 2 Intersections between History and Memory 3 On Prosthetic Memory and Media 4 Nexus between Neo-Ottomanism and Ottomania 5 Content Analyzing Ottomania 6 Unraveling Prosthetic Memories 7 Conclusion Appendices: Thematic Divisions in the Sampled Entries Users of Social Sharing Sites Bibliography Part Two Foreign Policy in Transition Transformation of Foreign Policy in the AKP Era: Realpolitik Codes versus Instrumental Soft-Power 1 Introduction 2 The Faces of Turkish Foreign Policy under AKP rule: Kantian versus Hobbesian? 3 Multiple Dimensions of Turkish Foreign Policy under AKP Rule 4 Turkey’s Relational Foreign Policy with the Great Powers: Stalemate in the Middle East? 4.1 War of Cooperation versus Confrontation: Turkey in the Russo-American Axis 5 Conclusion Bibliography Turkey’s Activism in the Middle East: The Role of Structural Factors 1 Introduction 2 Turkey’s Regional Engagement in the Post-Cold War Era 3 Explaining Turkey’s Engagement in the Middle East: The Role of Domestic vs Structural Factors 4 Perceptions and Realities of AKP’s Foreign Policy towards the Middle East: Ideological Factors? 5 Inevitable Limitations of Turkey’s Foreign Policy in the Middle East 6 Conclusion Bibliography Turkey and the European Union Relations in Transition: Challenges and Future Prospects 1 Introduction 2 Brief Historical Background of Turkey-EU Relations 3 Migration Crisis: Turkey as a ‘Strategic Partner’ of the EU 4 The Influence of Rising Populism and Radical Right Parties in European Politics on Turkey-EU Relations 5 ‘External Differentiated Integration’ and Turkey-EU Relations 6 Conclusion Bibliography Turkey in Africa: From Aid to Arms 1 Introduction 2 Turkey’s Transition from Assistance to Security Provider 3 Conflict Resolution in Evolution 4 From Security Training to Military Training Base 5 Defense Industry: From Imports to Exports 6 Conclusion Bibliography About the Contributors