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Abstract
The first decade of the 2000s was a period of radical change in Turkish society and politics, marked by the major economic crisis of 2001 and the coming to power of ex-Islamist cadres organised under the Justice and Development Party (AKP). As the 'Turkish model' gains traction across the Middle East, this chronicle of Turkey's recent history dispels some important myths.
This period of radical change, with its continuities and breaks, pays close attention to the AKP, the main actor in the creation of a neoliberal hegemony in post-1980 Turkey. The contributors map relations between the AKP and the Kurdish people, the evolution of Turkish nationalism under the AKP and look at how everyday politics, from social welfare to housing, have been effected by the AKP's 'stabilisation strategy'. What is revealed is modern Turkey's conflictual, turbulent and painful recent histories, which vary wildly from the national myths that sustain neoliberal hegemony in the country.
'An important contribution in challenging much of the myth-making around Turkey's experience with neoliberalism and the supposed anti-imperialist credentials of the AKP'
Adam Hanieh, Department of Development Studies, SOAS, University of London
Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cover | Cover | ||
| Contents | v | ||
| Introduction -\rIsmet Akça, Ahmet Bekmen and Barıs Alp Özden | 1 | ||
| Part I: Politics of Hegemony | 11 | ||
| 1. Hegemonic Projects in Post-1980 Turkey and the Changing Forms of Authoritarianism - Ismet Akca | 13 | ||
| 2. State and Capital in Turkey During the Neoliberal Era - Ahmet Bekmen | 47 | ||
| 3. The Struggle for Hegemony Between Turkish Nationalisms in the Neoliberal Era - Guven Gurkan Oztan | 75 | ||
| 4. The Davutoglu Doctrine: The Populist Construction of the Strategic Subject - Memet Sinan Birdal | 92 | ||
| 5. The AKP's Three-Faceted Kurdish Policy: Tenders for the Rich, Alms for the Poor, Bombs for the Opposition - Irfan Aktan | 107 | ||
| 6. The Media in Turkey: From Neoliberal Militarism to Authoritarian Conservatism - Uraz Aydin | 122 | ||
| 7. 'We'll Come and Demolish Your House!': The Role of Spatial (Re-)Production in the Neoliberal Hegemonic Politics of Turkey - Erbatur Cavusoglu and Julia Strutz | 141 | ||
| Part II: Re-orientation(s) of the Social Question(s) | 155 | ||
| 8. The Transformation of Social Welfare and Politics in Turkey: A Successful Convergence of Neoliberalism and Populism - Baris Alp Ozden | 157 | ||
| 9. Domesticity of Neoliberalism: Family, Sexuality and Gender in Turkey - Ece Oztan | 174 | ||
| 10. The Deradicalisation of Organised Labour - M. Gorkem Dogan | 188 | ||
| 11. Flexible and Conservative: Working-Class Formation in an Industrial Town - F. Serkan Ongel | 203 | ||
| 12. The Rise of the Islamic Bourgeoisie and the Socialisation of Neoliberalism: Behind the Success Story of Two Pious Cities - A. Ekber Dogan and Yasin Durak | 219 | ||
| 13. Neoliberal Hegemony and Grassroots Politics: The Islamist and Kurdish Movements - Erdem Yoruk | 234 | ||
| A Postscript: | 247 | ||
| Notes on Contributors | 261 | ||
| References | 262 | ||
| Index | 287 |