Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 316 g
Reihe: What Everyone Needs To Know®
What Everyone Needs to Know
Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 316 g
Reihe: What Everyone Needs To Know®
ISBN: 978-0-19-973304-0
Verlag: Oxford University Press
Andrew Finkel has spent twenty years in Turkey writing about the country for a number of leading news media such as The Economist and Time magazine. In this concise book, Finkel unravels Turkey's complexities, setting them against the historical background of the Ottoman Empire, the secular nationalist revolution led by Kemal Atatürk, and repeated political interventions by the military, which sees itself as the guardian of Atatürk's legacy. Finkel reveals a nation full of surprises. Turkey's labyrinthine politics often lead to such unexpected outcomes as leaders of the untra-nationalist party starting on the road to EU membership by voting to scrap the death penalty--which also meant giving a reprieve to the convicted leader of the Kurdish separatist movement. And where else but in Turkey, Finkel writes, would secularist liberals have supported a prime minister who was once jailed for promoting religious extremism?
From the Kurdish question to economic policy, from Turkey's role in Iraq to its quest for EU membership, Finkel illuminates the past and present of this unique, and uniquely consequential, country.
Zielgruppe
This book will appeal to anyone interested in the history of America, New York City, and Wall Street, as well as general readers interested in Turkey, the Middle East, international relations, world history, politics, and culture.
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Fachgebiete
- Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Regionalwissenschaften, Regionalstudien
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten
- Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten