Why Turkey is authoritarian
Subtitle: from Atatürk to Erdoğan
By: Halil Karaveli
Series: Left Book Club
Publisher: Pluto Press
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 233
ISBN-13: 9780745337562; 9780745337555
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Politics and government; Authoritarianism; History
Description: "For the last century, the Western world has regarded Turkey as a pivotal case of the 'clash of civilisations' between Islam and the West. Why Turkey is Authoritarian challenges this conventional narrative. Halil Karaveli highlights the danger in viewing events in Turkey as a war between a 'westernising' state and the popular masses defending their culture and religion. Instead, Karaveli explores the struggles of different social groups in Turkey, in order to understand why democracy has eluded the Turkish nation and people for so long, and why authoritarian governments return time and time again. Ultimately, Turkish history is instructive for a left that faces the global challenge of a rising populist right, which succeeds in mobilising culture and identity for its own purpose."--Backcover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A pattern of violence; title: Kemalism and the left; title: Capitalist foundation; title: How the right won the people; title: Social democratic hope; title: Vengeance of the right; title: The rise of the Islamists; title: Epilogue : Class, identity and democracy; title: Afterword : Attacking the Kurds-the return of Kemalism