Burak Bilgehan Özpek - Islamism, Populism, and Turkish Foreign Policy

This comprehensive volume analyses the phenomena of populism and Islamism in Turkey under Justice and Development Party (JDP) rule since 2002, and its impact on the countrys foreign policy. The authors seek to identify the meanings of populism and Islamism in the Turkish context and their relationship to democracy there, exploring the extent to which they may explain the apparent rise of authoritarianism and illiberalism under the JDP and especially under President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and address the tensions between Turkeys western and Muslim discourses and the politicization of history in the new Turkey. They examine the implications of these developments for Turkeys EU accession prospects and its western alliances, explore the impact they have had on the countrys approach to the Arab Spring, and consider their relationship to Turkeys status as an emerging economy in an economically globalizing context. The volume also debates whether Turkish populism is unique to that country or reflects a growing trend in world politics, including in the west.

This book will be of great interest to students and researchers of political science and international relations, especially those with a focus on Turkey. It was originally published as a special issue of the journal Turkish Studies.

Burak Bilgehan zpek is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at the TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Turkey. His main research interests include the de facto states, Kurdish question, contemporary politics of the Middle East and Turkish foreign policy.

Bill Park is a Visiting Research Fellow in the Defence Studies Department at Kings College, London, UK. He is on the editorial board of Mediterranean Politics and the Council of the British Institute at Ankara (BIAA), and specialises in Turkish foreign policy and Kurdish issues.

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Burak Bilgehan zpek and Bill Park

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Bill Park

Menderes inar

Burak Bilgehan zpek and Nebahat Tanriverdi Yaar

Mustafa A. Sezal and hsan Sezal

Mustafa Serdar Palabiyik

Birol Bakan

Mustafa Kutlay and Hseyin Emrah Karaouz

The chapters in this book were originally published in the Turkish Studies, volume 19, issue 2 (April 2018). When citing this material, please use the original page numbering for each article, as follows:

Introduction: Populism and Islamism in Turkey

Bill Park

Turkish Studies, volume 19, issue 2 (April 2018) pp. 169175

Turkeys Western or Muslim identity and the AKPs civilizational discourse

Menderes inar

Turkish Studies, volume 19, issue 2 (April 2018) pp. 176197

Populism and foreign policy in Turkey under the AKP rule

Burak Bilgehan zpek and Nebahat Tanriverdi Yaar

Turkish Studies, volume 19, issue 2 (April 2018) pp. 198216

Dark taints on the looking glass: Whither New Turkey?

Mustafa A. Sezal and hsan Sezal

Turkish Studies, volume 19, issue 2 (April 2018) pp. 217239

Politicization of recent Turkish history: (ab)use of history as a political discourse in Turkey

Mustafa Serdar Palabiyik

Turkish Studies, volume 19, issue 2 (April 2018) pp. 240263

Islamism and Turkeys foreign policy during the Arab Spring

Birol Bakan

Turkish Studies, volume 19, issue 2 (April 2018) pp. 264288

Neo-developmentalist turn in the global political economy? The Turkish case

Mustafa Kutlay and Hseyin Emrah Karaouz

Turkish Studies, volume 19, issue 2 (April 2018) pp. 289316

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Birol Bakan is Assistant Professor of Government at Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar. His research examines the roles religion, religious institutions, and grassroots religious groups play in creating, maintaining, undermining, and destroying political order in the Middle East.

Menderes nar is Professor of Political Science in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at Bakent University, Turkey. His main research interests are comparative Islamism and Turkish politics.

Hseyin Emrah Karaouz is a lecturer in the Department of International Relations at Kadir Has University, Turkey. His research interests include international and comparative political economy, political economy of innovation, and political economy of Turkey.

Mustafa Kutlay is a Lecturer in the Department of International Politics at City, University of London, UK. He is also affiliated with the Conflict Analysis Research Centre (CARC) at the University of Kent, UK, as a Research Fellow. His research concentrates on international/comparative political economy, political economy of Europe, Turkish political economy, and emerging powers.

Burak Bilgehan zpek is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at the TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Turkey. His main research interests include the de facto states, Kurdish question, contemporary politics of the Middle East and Turkish foreign policy.