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Title
Religious minorities in Turkey : Alevi, Armenians, and Syriacs and the struggle to desecuritize religious freedom / Mehmet Bardakci, Annette Freyberg-Inan, Christoph Giesel, Olaf Leisse.
ISBN
9781137270269 (electronic book)
1137270268 (electronic book)
9781137270252
113727025X
Published
London : Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource.
Call Number
BL980.T9
Dewey Decimal Classification
200.9561
Summary
"This book considers the key issue of Turkey’s treatment of minorities in relation to its complex paths of both European integration and domestic and international reorientation. The expectations of Turkey’s EU and other international counterparts, as well as important domestic demands, have pushed Turkey to broaden the rights of religious and other minorities. More recently a turn towards autocratic government is rolling back some earlier achievements. This book shows how these broader processes affect the lives of three important religious groups in Turkey: the Alevi as a large Muslim community and the Christian communities of Armenians and Syriacs. Drawing on a wealth of original data and extensive fieldwork, the authors compare and explain improvements, set-backs, and lingering concerns for Turkey’s religious minorities and identify important challenges for Turkey’s future democratic development and European path. The book will appeal to students and scholars in the fields of minority politics, contemporary Turkish politics, and religion and politics." -- Publisher's description.
Note
"This book considers the key issue of Turkey’s treatment of minorities in relation to its complex paths of both European integration and domestic and international reorientation. The expectations of Turkey’s EU and other international counterparts, as well as important domestic demands, have pushed Turkey to broaden the rights of religious and other minorities. More recently a turn towards autocratic government is rolling back some earlier achievements. This book shows how these broader processes affect the lives of three important religious groups in Turkey: the Alevi as a large Muslim community and the Christian communities of Armenians and Syriacs. Drawing on a wealth of original data and extensive fieldwork, the authors compare and explain improvements, set-backs, and lingering concerns for Turkey’s religious minorities and identify important challenges for Turkey’s future democratic development and European path. The book will appeal to students and scholars in the fields of minority politics, contemporary Turkish politics, and religion and politics." -- Publisher's description.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Source of Description
Online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed February 18, 2017).
Available in Other Form
Print version: 113727025X
Introduction
European integration and minority rights
Securitization and desecuritization of minority rights
The Alevi, the AKP government and the Alevi initiative
The ambivalent situation of Turkey's Armenians: between collective historial trauma and psychological repression, loyal citizenship and minority status, social integration and discrimination, assimilation and self-assertion
Like a drop in the ocean: the last Syriacs in Turkey in a maelstrom of nationalism, islamism, assimilation, and diverging socio-political interest
General and comparative analysis
Conclusions
Appendix A: Survey and interview questions
Appendix B: Interviews with Alevi NGO leaders and experts
Appendix C: Interviews with Armenian institutional representatives and activists
Appendix D: Interviews with Syriac institutional representatives and activists
Appendix E: Expert interviews.
