Turkey

This substantially revised edition of Erik J. Zurcher's acclaimed and definitive history builds upon the themes of Turkey's continuing incorporation into the West and the modernization of its state and society. It begins with the forging of closer links with Europe following the French Revolution, charts the fortunes of the Ottoman Empire in the nineteenth century and offers a strongly revisionist interpretation of the role of Turkey's founding father, Kemal Ataturk. In exploring the post-1950 period the author focuses on issues such as the growth of mass politics; internal and external migration, military coups and Turkey's human rights record; the transition from statism to an export-oriented market economy, Turkey's ambivalent relations with the Middle East and Europe; the growth of Islamism; the Kurdish question and the contested nature of Turkish identity.

Erik J. Zurcher is Professor of Turkish Studies at the University of Leiden

Preface	p. vii
Preface to the Third Edition	p. ix
Glossary	p. xi
Introduction: Periodization, Theory and Methodology	p. 1
Western Influences and Early Attempts at Modernization
The Ottoman Empire at the end of the Eighteenth Century	p. 9
Between Tradition and Innovation: Sultan Selim III and the 'New Order', 1789-1807	p. 21
The Early Years of Sultan Mahmut II: The Centre Tries to Regain Control	p. 30
The Later Years of Sultan Mahmut II: The Start of the Reforms	p. 36
The Era of the Tanzimat, 1839-71	p. 50
The Crisis of 1873-78 and its Aftermath	p. 71
Reactionary Despotism or Culmination of the Reforms? The reign of Sultan Abdulhamit II	p. 76
The Young Turk Era in Turkish History (1908-50)
The Second Constitutional Period, 1912-18	p. 93
The Struggle for Independence	p. 133
The Emergence of the One-Party State, 1923-27	p. 166
The Kemalist One-Party State, 1925-45	p. 176
The Transition to Democracy, 1945-50	p. 206
A Troubled Democracy
The Rule of the Democratic Party, 1950-60	p. 221
The Second Turkish Republic, 1960-80	p. 241
The Third Republic: Turkey since 1980	p. 278
Notes	p. 338
Maps drawn by Russell Townsend	p. 356
The Ottoman Balkans	p. 356
Anatolia	p. 357
The Arab Provinces of the Ottoman Empire	p. 358
Bibliographical Survey	p. 359
Biographical Notes: Some Important Figures in Ottoman and Turkish History	p. 381
Index	p. 407
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