Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Tables and Figures vii
4. Preface ix
5. 1 Turkey at a Turbulent Time 1
6. PART 1 Dynamics at Home
7. 2 Domestic Politics in the AKP Era 17
8. 3 Gains and Strains in the Economy 39
9. 4 The Geopolitics of Energy 55
10. 5 Militarization of the Kurdish Issue 69
11. 6 The Diyanet and the Changing Politics of Religion 81
12. 7 The Fragmentation of Civil Society 95
13. 8 Women in the “New” Turkey 109
14. PART 2 Dynamics Abroad
15. 9 Changes and Dangers in Turkey’s World 123
16. 10 Erdoǧan’s Foreign Policy: The Role of Personality and Identity 147
17. 11 The Crisis in US-Turkish Relations 163
18. 12 Turkey in the Middle East 185
19. 13 Russian-Turkish Relations at a Volatile Time 201
20. 14 Turkey and Europe: Alternative Scenarios 215
21. 15 Eurocentrism in Migration Policy 231
22. PART 3 Conclusion
23. 16 Transition to What? 245
24. Chronology of Key Events in the History of Modern Turkey 257
25. Acronyms and Abbreviations 261
26. Bibliography 263
27. The Authors 297
28. Index 301
29. About the Book 311