The new sultan : Erdogan and the crisis of modern Turkey

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The new sultan : Erdogan and the crisis of modern Turkey

Soner Cagaptay

I.B. Tauris, 2020

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Description based on 2020 reprinting

"First published in Great Britain 2017"--T.p. verso

"This edition published 2020"--T.p. verso

Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-234) and index

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*New Edition of the Leading Work on Modern Turkey* In a world of rising tensions between Russia and the United States, the Middle East and Europe, Sunnis and Shiites, Islamism and liberalism, Turkey is at the epicentre. And at the heart of Turkey is its right-wing populist president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Since 2002, Erdogan has consolidated his hold on domestic politics while using military and diplomatic means to solidify Turkey as a regional power. His crackdown has been brutal and consistent - scores of journalists arrested, academics officially banned from leaving the country, university deans fired and many of the highest-ranking military officers arrested. In some senses, the nefarious and failed 2016 coup has given Erdogan the licence to make good on his repeated promise to bring order and stability under a 'strongman'. Here, leading Turkish expert Soner Cagaptay will look at Erdogan's roots in Turkish history, what he believes in and how he has cemented his rule, as well as what this means for the world. The book will also unpick the 'threats' Erdogan has worked to combat - from the liberal Turks to the Gulen movement, from coup plotters to Kurdish nationalists - all of which have culminated in the crisis of modern Turkey.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction to the New Edition Introduction: Meet Recep Tayyip Erdogan 1 Growing up Poor and Pious in Secular Turkey 2 Turkey after Ataturk 3 The Foundations of Political Islam in Turkey 4 The Generals Fashion a New Turkey 5 Erdogan's Meteoric Rise as Istanbul's Mayor 6 The Perfect Storm 7 Erdogan in Power: The Good Years 8 The Silent Revolution 9 The Revolution Devours Its Children 10 The Future of the Turkish Kurds: Peace or Fire? 11 Foreign-Policy Gambit 12 Ending Turkey's Crisis Notes Bibliography Index

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