The Turkish Malaise - A Critical Essay
The Turkish Malaise - A Critical Essay

Author: Cengiz Aktar

Publisher: Transnational Press London

Published: 2021-09-09

Total Pages: 99

ISBN-13: 1801350779

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No one can predict today how Turkey will evolve; which spirit will mark the country’s future. Who could have predicted the turn it has taken in recent years after having been a rising star in the early 2000s, a candidate for the European club, “the” model to follow, especially for Muslim countries seeking justice and prosperity? The failure of its candidacy, in which Europe has its share, has been the prelude to its progressive de-Westernisation accompanied by bellicosity on all fronts, at home and abroad. Western countries are trying to manage this “Turkish crisis” between incomprehension and blind detachment, between appeasement and complicity, between containment and apprehension of seeing this large country decompose in its turn. In this concise and well-documented essay, the author provides analytical tools to understand the split of a society, between state, nation, religion, imperial myth and the West. The analysis is complemented by interviews with the sociologist Nilüfer Göle and the historian Étienne Copeaux, both of whom have witnessed Turkey’s never-ending transformation.

From Pluralism to Extinction? Perspectives and Challenges for Christians in the Middle East
From Pluralism to Extinction? Perspectives and Challenges for Christians in the Middle East

Author: Sotiris Roussos

Publisher: Transnational Press London

Published: 2023-07-16

Total Pages: 209

ISBN-13: 1801352259

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Christian communities are deeply rooted in the Middle East, starting their witness since the first centuries of Christianity. The last hundred years of Middle East Christianity’s history went through a series of profound crises. Displacement by war, genocide and occupation leading to loss, emigration and exile seem to be the main experience of Christianity in the modern Middle East. Against this background of displacement, Christians have sought to resettle and build anew when allowed. They have been able to make significant cultural, political and economic contribution to Middle Eastern societies. In the last thirty years they are again facing ominous threat of extinction. Entering the new millennium, they are confronted with major difficulties and transformations in world politics. From 2011 Christians particularly in Syria and Iraq, have been suffering death and destruction in the hands of extremist Islamist groups. The volume is a fresh approach to the study of the Christian communities in the Middle East examining their relation to state, identity and politics. It questions main presuppositions and perceptions regarding Christianity in the Middle East, casts new light on the living Christian communities in the region and reflects on their future role. CONTENTS INTRODUCTION: THE “CANARY IN THE MINE” OR THE FATE OF CHRISTIANS IN THE MIDDLE EAST - Sotiris Roussos ARMENIAN COMMUNITIES IN THE MIDDLE EAST: LOSING THE PAST IN THE FUTURE? - Hratch Tchilingirian ONTOLOGICAL SECURITY THEORY: CHRISTIAN ‘EXISTENTIAL ANXIETY’ IN EGYPT AND LEBANON - Zakia Aqra, Stavros Drakoularakos & Charitini Petrodaskalaki MIDDLE EASTERN CHRISTIANITY IN SYRIA AND IRAQ: AT THE EPICENTRE OF THE RISE OF THE ISLAMIC STATE - Stavros Drakoularakos TURKISH POLICIES VIS-À-VIS CHRISTIANS: FROM EXCLUSION TO INCLUSION TO EXCLUSION AGAIN - Nikos Christofis THE GREEK/PALESTINIAN DIVIDE WITHIN THE JERUSALEM ORTHODOX CHURCH: THE INSTITUTIONAL ASPECT - Konstantinos Papastathis THE RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH AND THE STATE: THE MIDDLE EAST CONNECTION - Ilias Tasopoulos CHRISTIAN RIGHT AND US MIDDLE EAST POLICY: FOREIGN POLICY IN THE SERVICE OF GOD’S WILL - Marina Eleftheriadou CHRISTIANITY IN THE MODERN MIDDLE EAST: CURRENT SITUATION AND FUTURE CHALLENGES - Anthony O’Mahony

Something is Missing - Things We Don’t Want to Know About Love, Sex and Life
Something is Missing - Things We Don’t Want to Know About Love, Sex and Life

Author: Bülent Somay

Publisher: Transnational Press London

Published: 2021-03-13

Total Pages: 113

ISBN-13: 1801350264

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"These essays (aphorisms, theses, whatever you like) were written fifteen years ago in Turkish, and were published in Turkey in 2007. It was almost an idyllic, Arcadian time if considered from the point of view of today, that is, the nightmarish year 2020 when I am writing this. Trump was still your run-of-the-mill Reality TV star (who was also a millionaire), and could harm only his immediate environment. We only had to deal with the common cold and the flu, which, although deadly enough, could not even begin to compete with the Covid-19 pandemic. Turkey, Russia and India were ruled by populists with authoritarian tendencies even then; but their rule did not seem as eternal and as aggressively autocratic, bordering on fascism, as it is today." * The original book was published in Turkish titled "Bir Şeyler Eksik" by Metis Publishers, Istanbul, 2007. This English version is translated and printed by permission from the publishers. What a joy! Bülent Somay’s new-old text, translated from the Turkish by Bülent himself, takes us into the impenetrable heart of obscure Lacanian psychoanalysis and comes out with clarity, wit and epithetical precision. Theory comes alive here; and along with the fun and games, something dark is brought into the light. - Stephen Frosh, author of Feelings, Psychoanalysis Outside the Clinic, Hauntings and Those Who Come After) With clarity, wit and copious erudition, Bülent Somay brings his critical psychoanalytic eye to our most challenging human relations – the tribulations of sex, love and desire. Somay’s committed sexual politics informs this essential addition to our knowledge of the pleasures and perils of the bonds of desire. Something is Missing is not to be missed. - Lynne Segal, author of Radical Happiness: Moments of Collective Joy. CONTENTS Preface Introduction: Things We don’t Want to Know about Love, Sex and Life Chapter 1. Something is Missing Chapter 2. Knight in Shining Armour Chapter 3. Jealous of You I Am Chapter 4. That Dark/Obscure Object of Desire Chapter 5. ‘There is No Such Thing as a Sexual Relationship’ Chapter 6. The Woman does not Exist Anyhow Chapter 7. Silentium Universi Chapter 8. The Truth is Out There/’The Real’ is Out There Somewhere Index

Küreselleşen Dünyada Kadın Ve Siyaset II - Women and Politics in a Global World II
Küreselleşen Dünyada Kadın Ve Siyaset II - Women and Politics in a Global World II

Author: Zeynep Banu Dalaman

Publisher: Transnational Press London

Published: 2021-06-26

Total Pages: 238

ISBN-13: 9781801350631

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The chapters in this book are printed through being selected from 48 papers presented at "2nd International Congress on Women and Politics in a Global World" held "online" platform on December 25-26, 2020 and double blind peer review process. The papers presented at the congress in Turkish or English were included in the book in the language in which they were presented. COVID-19 pandemic exposed our deepest vulnerabilities and greatest power. In an interconnected world, we have seen how an infectious disease spreads across borders, cities and streets at devastating speed. We were able to run a virtual conference that we designed it physically before the pandemic. Thus, the authors of the chapters only have to know each other in a virtual environment and come together in this book. Bu kitapta yer alan kitap bölümleri, 25-26 Aralık 2020 tarihlerinde "online" platformda gerçekleşen "2. Uluslararası Küresel Dünyada Kadın ve Siyaset Kongresi"nde sunulan 48 bildiri içinden seçilerek ve çift "kör hakem" sürecinden geçirilerek basılmıştır. Kongrede Türkçe veya İngilizce dillerinde sunulan bildiriler, sunuldukları dilde kitapta yer almışlardır. COVID-19 salgını, en derin güvenlik açıklarımızı ve en büyük güçlerimizi ortaya çıkardı. Birbiriyle bağlantılı bir dünyada, bulaşıcı bir hastalığın nasıl yıkıcı bir hızla sınırlara, şehirlere ve caddelere yayıldığını gördük. Bu ortam öncesinde fiziksel olarak tasarladığımız konferans deneyimini sanal ortamda gerçekleştirmeyi, sunmayı başardık. Böylece kitap bölümü yazarları birbirlerini sadece sanal ortamda birbirlerini tanıyıp bu kitapta buluşmuş oldular.

Turkey in Transition
Turkey in Transition

Author: İrvin Cemil Schick

Publisher:

Published: 1987

Total Pages: 432

ISBN-13:

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This collection of essays by prominent Turkish scholars provides a comprehensive historical, political, and economic analysis of Turkey from the inception of its republic after World War I right up to the present. The essays--most never before published in English--break away from the conventional analytic approach, which holds the modernization process of 19th-century Europe as a paradigm for all developing countries. Instead, the contributors focus on Turkey's transition to capitalism to reveal other, indigenous paths to development experienced by many non-Western nations. The anthology concludes with an assessment of the past decade and examines future prospects for the nation.

The Grand Chessboard
The Grand Chessboard

Author: Zbigniew Brzezinski

Publisher: Basic Books

Published: 2016-12-06

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 0465093086

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Bestselling author and eminent foreign policy scholar Zbigniew Brzezinski's classic book on American's strategic mission in the modern world. In The Grand Chessboard, renowned geostrategist Zbigniew Brzezinski delivers a brutally honest and provocative vision for American preeminence in the twenty-first century. The task facing the United States, he argues, is to become the sole political arbiter in Eurasian lands and to prevent the emergence of any rival power threatening our material and diplomatic interests. The Eurasian landmass, home to the greatest part of the globe's population, natural resources, and economic activity, is the "grand chessboard" on which America's supremacy will be ratified and challenged in the years to come. In this landmark work of public policy and political science, Brzezinski outlines a groundbreaking and powerful blueprint for America's vital interests in the modern world. In this revised edition, Brzezinski addresses recent global developments including the war in Ukraine, the re-emergence of Russia, and the rise of China.

Turkey in Turmoil
Turkey in Turmoil

Author: Berna Pekesen

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter

Published: 2020

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9783110650396

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Turkey in Turmoil is about the roaring 1960s - social conflicts, popular protest, political radicalization, ideologies, students' movements, the Turkish 68ers, women, political violence, guerilla activities, and popular culture. Historians, econ

Islamic Literature in Contemporary Turkey
Islamic Literature in Contemporary Turkey

Author: K. Cayir

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-04-16

Total Pages: 234

ISBN-13: 0230605699

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This book explores the changing understandings of Islam by focusing on the Islamist movement's production of literary fiction since the early 1980s. By focusing on Islamic literary narratives of the period, this study introduces issues of change, space, history and analytical relation that are excluded by the essentialist reading of Islamism.

The Commentaries - Volume 1, 2021
The Commentaries - Volume 1, 2021

Author: Joost Jongerden

Publisher: Transnational Press London

Published: 2021-12-18

Total Pages: 109

ISBN-13: 1801351074

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Vol. 1 No. 1 (December 2021) “You sleep with the devil; you wake up in hell!”: On the new EU-Turkey Deal - Nikos Christofis Playing politics with the plight of refugees. How the EU went into Erdogan’s political receivership - Dr Naif Bezwan, Dr Janroj Keles Merkel’s positive agenda has collapsed before it started - Cengiz Aktar Watershed moment in US-Turkey relations - David L. Phillips Turkey’s dealing with the Syrian Kurds (Part I) - Michael Gunter Turkey’s dealing with the Syrian Kurds (Part II) - Michael Gunter Minorities in Turkey I: Law and Reform - Baskın Oran Minorities in Turkey II: Ideology and Discrimination - Baskın Oran Human Rights Jeopardized in Turkey: Governmental and Judicial Intentions to Erode Due Process and the Right to a Fair Trial - Hasan Aydin Authoritarianism from Above and Below: Exclusive Nationalism and the Turkish-Kurdish Conflict - Harun Ercan What Will Happen to the Kurds If the US Withdraws from Syria and Iraq? - Arzu Yılmaz On the Collateral Impact of Turkey’s Authoritarian Turn: Re-securitization of the Kurdish Issue and the Kurds’ Struggle for Minority Recognition and Self -Determination - Emre Turkut

Critical Times, Critical Thoughts
Critical Times, Critical Thoughts

Author: Natasha Lemos

Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Published: 2016-01-14

Total Pages: 265

ISBN-13: 1443887447

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While no member of the public could have missed the Greek crisis, it has been represented only by the refraction in journalism of the views of politicians, economists and international bureaucrats. The voice of artists, “the antennae of the race”, has been so far unheard. In specially commissioned essays by major Greek writers and critics which appear for the first time in any language, the reader of this book will find new insights into the crisis, its causes and its wider ramifications. It will interest not only students of Greece, but anyone concerned with the highly topical and intertwined issues of nationalism, historical memory, otherness, migration, and xenophobia. By being simultaneously a reflection on and a reflection of a society in deep crisis, this book also offers a model for future studies.