THE NEW TURKEY AND ITS DISCONTENTS
SIMON A. WALDMAN
EMRE CALISKAN
The New Turkey and Its Discontents
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Simon A. Waldman and Emre Caliskan.
The New Turkey and Its Discontents.
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CONTENTS
In writing this manuscript the authors owe many debts of gratitude. We would like to thank our publisher Michael Dwyer and his team at Hurst and Co. for all their hard work and effort. We benefited from the comments of the first and second readers of this manuscript, which we appreciate. We are also thankful for the support of Professor Rory Miller of the Georgetown University School of the Foreign Service in Qatar and Professor Michael Kerr of the Department of Middle Eastern Studies at Kings College London.
While conducting research for this book, which involved several trips to Turkey, we received logistical support and advice from friends old and new. Thanks are due to Ceren Kenar, Aykan Erdemir, Nuray Mert, Kumru Baser, Firuzan Melike Sumertas, Irfan Askan, Gulcan Barut, Burak Kurkcu, Ezgi Cestepe, Ralph Hubbell III, Koray Serdar Tekin and Erkan and Pinar Kandemir. We are also grateful to our interviewees for taking the time out of their busy schedules to talk to us. A special thank you to Nesil Cazimoglu and Rivka Bihar.
We would like to thank our dear parents, Antony and Bonnie Waldman, and Giliman and Ismail Caliskan. It is to them that this book is lovingly dedicated.
AKP | Adalet ve Kalkinma Partisi, Ak Parti, Justice and Development Party |
ANAP | Anavatan Partisi, Motherland Party (centre-right) |
AP | Adalet Partisi, Justice Party (centre-right) |
BDP | Baris ve Demokrasi Partisi, Peace and Democracy Party (Kurdish) |
CHP | Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi, Republican Peoples Party (secular Kemalist) |
DEHAP | Demokratik Halk Partisi, Democratic Peoples Party (Kurdish) |
DP | Demokrat Parti, Democrat Party (centre-right) |
DSP | Demokratik Sol Partisi, Democratic Left Party |
DYP | Dogru Yol Partisi, True Path Party (centre-right) |
EC | European Commission |
EU | European Union |
FP | Fazilet Party, Virtue Party (Islamic) |
HADEP | Halkin Demokrasi Partisi, Peoples Democracy Party (Kurdish) |
HDP | Halklarin Demokratik Partisi, Peoples Democratic Party (Kurdish) |
HEP | Halkin Emek Partisi, Peoples Labour Party |
Huda | Par Hur Dava Partisi, Free Cause Party (Kurdish-Islamic) |
IMF | International Monetary Fund |
IP | Workers Party (Patriotic Party since 2015) |
ISIS | Islamic State in Iraq and Syria |
KCK | Koma Civaken Kurdistan, Group of Communities in Kurdistan |
KRG | Kurdistan Regional Government (Iraq) |
MGK | Milli Guvenlik Kurulu, National Security Council |
MHP | Milliyet Hareket Partisi, Nationalist Action Party (right-wing) |
MIT | Milli Istihbarat Teskilati, National Intelligence Organisation |
MNP | Milli Nizam Partisi, National Order Party (Islamic) |
MSP | Milli Selamet Partisi, National Salvation Party (Islamic) |
MUSIAD | Mustakil Sanayici ve Isadamlari Dernegi, Independent Industrialists and Businessmens Association |
OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
OSCE | Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe |
PJAK | Partiya Jiyana Azad a Kurdistane, Party of Free Life of Kurdistan (Iranian) |
PKK | Partiya Karkeren Kurdistan, Kurdistan Workers Party |
PUK | Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (Iraqi) |
PYD | Partiya Yekitiya Demokrat, Democratic Union Party (Syrian Kurdish) |
RP | Refah Partisi, Welfare Party (Islamic) |
RTUK | Radyo ve Televizyon Ust Kurulu, Radio and Television Supreme Council |
SHP | Sosyaldemokrat Halkci Parti, Social Democratic Populist Party |
SP | Saadet Partisi, Felicity Party (Islamic) |
TAK | Teyrebazen Azadiya Kurdistan, Kurdistan Freedom Falcons |
TEMA | Turkiye Erozyonla Mucadele Agaclandirma ve Dogal Varliklari Koruma Vakf, Turkish Foundation for Combatting Soil Erosion |
TIB | Telekomunikasyon Iletisim Baskanligi, High Council for Telecommunications |
TMSF | Tasarruf Mevduati Sigorta Fonu, Savings Deposit Insurance Fund of Turkey |
TSK | Turk Silahli Kuvvetleri, Turkish Armed Forces |
TUSIAD | Turk Sanayicileri ve Isadamlari Dernegi, Turkish Industry and Business Association |
TUSKON | Turkiye Isadamlari ve Sanayiciler Konfederasyonu, Confederation of Turkish Businessmen and Industrialists |
1960 | first military coup, followed by new constitution |
1971 | second military coup |
1978 | founding of the PKK |
1980 | third military coup |
1982 | new constitution written under military tutelage |
1984 | PKK begins armed conflict against Turkish state |
1997 | post-modern coup leads to the ousting of Necmettin Erbakans coalition government |
1999 | capture of PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan; first PKK ceasefire |
2001 | AKP is founded |
20027 | first AKP government |
2004 | PKK resumes armed struggle |