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Turkey is a country in a state of flux, swept along by an extraordinary process of change. In the last few years a series of far-reaching political and economic reforms has swept away much of the old order which ruled the country for so long. Some people call it a second Turkish revolution. But resistance to reform remains strong. Pressure for change has come from ordinary people fed up with the old ways; it's also been motivated by the dominant issue of Turkish political life - the long pursuit of membership of the European Union. And yet Turkey remains a mystery to many outsiders; a complex country hard to understand. It's secular and Muslim, Western and Eastern, democratic and authoritarian, all at the same time. This book examines the potential and the problems of the new Turkey, and the expectations of the people who live there, drawing on first hand interviews and observations gathered over several years.
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Chris Morris has covered Turkish affairs for the BBC for the last eight years - first as Turkey correspondent based in Ankara and Istanbul, and then as Europe Correspondent based in Brussels.
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It's the neoconservative dream come true: a Muslim country in the Middle East that's rapidly transforming into a liberal democracy with a thriving market economy that builds half of Europe's television sets. However, it wasn't American military intervention that produced this miracle, but a combination of European Union economic incentives and moderate Islam. In this engaging, hopeful survey, BBC correspondent Morris paints Turkey as a study in contradictions. A rabidly secular military establishment spars with Islamic parties that champion democracy and human rights; cosmopolitan cities where miniskirts abound and head scarves are few and far between are surrounded by an almost feudal countryside where honor killings are routine. At the center of these upheavals is Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has pushed through a whirlwind of progressive reforms while trying to appease his Islamist constituents with proposals to outlaw adultery. Morris is captivated with Turkey's landscape and people, rendered in vivid reportage, but he's clear-eyed about its festering conflict with the Kurdish minority, pervasive corruption and the vast economic problems the country faces. The result is an illuminating look at one of the world's more interesting societies that stands many assumptions about religion, politics and development on their heads. (Feb.)
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- PublisherGranta Books
- Publication date2005
- ISBN 10 1862077908
- ISBN 13 9781862077904
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages288
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