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National and State Identity in Turkey
The Transformation of the Republic's Status in the International System
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2015
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National and State Identity in Turkey uses the concepts of national and state identity to examine Turkey’s domestic and international politics and explain how the country’s position in the international system has changed over the last ten years. State identity is understood as the end result of a transformed national identity, linking both domestic and international levels.
Toni Alaranta argues that there has been a radical reformulation of Turkey’s national identity, interest, and positioning in the world since the Justice and Development Party (AKP) came to power in 2002. This transformed identity has helped the country renegotiate its status in the world. He first examines the changing nature of Turkey’s national identity before looking at the struggle between two extreme positions—secularism and Islamism. He then explains how the “New Turkey” discourse is part of an Islamic-conservative ideology that targets the notion of the “domestic other,” or minorities, versus the Turkish-Muslim “self.” This discourse is transforming not only the notion of national identity but also Turkey’s relations with the rest of the world, and particularly with the European Union.
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Copyright year
2015
ISBN-Print
978-1-4422-5074-1
ISBN-Online
978-1-4422-5075-8
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
181
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Preface No access
Acknowledgments No access
Chapter One: Introduction No access Pages 1 - 34
Chapter Two: The International System as an Interpreted Reality No access Pages 35 - 62
Chapter Three: The Struggle over National Identity No access Pages 63 - 92
Chapter Four: The Hegemonic Narrative of a “New Turkey” No access Pages 93 - 120
Chapter Five: The “New Turkey” and the West No access Pages 121 - 150
Chapter Six: Conclusion: Turkey’s Transformed Status in the International System No access Pages 151 - 162
