INTRODUCTION

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. ABBREVIATIONS vii
4. INTRODUCTION 1
5. 1 THE FORMATIVE YEARS OF ERDOĞAN 29
6. 2 ERDOĞAN’S WORLDVIEW 77
7. 3 ERDOĞAN’S AS A MAYOR AND THE 2002 ELECTIONS 116
8. 4 ERDOĞAN AND THE SECULAR RESISTANCE (2007–12) 139
9. 5 THE ANNUS HORRIBILIS (2013) 172
10. 6 THE EXISTENTIAL CLASH: ERDOĞAN VERSUS GÜLEN 206
11. 7 ERDOĞAN’S ‘SEDUCED COUP’ AND THE PRESIDENTIAL SYSTEM 230
12. 8 ERDOĞAN’S KURDS: ALLIES AND ENEMIES 258
13. 9 ERDOĞAN’S NEO-OTTOMAN FOREIGN POLICY 282
14. CONCLUSION 314
15. BIBLIOGRAPHY 328
16. INDEX 355