Turkey & the Ottoman Empire

History, Identity and Politics

Hakan Mertcan

This book charts the history, identity-formation and politics of the Arab 'Alawis of Turkey. It examines the attitudes to the 'Alawis in the early years of the Turkish Republic and the one party era, wherein, as with other religious and ethnic minorities, 'Turkification' policies led to the suppression of 'Alawi identity. It also explores the multi-party period when 'Sunnification' policies led to further suppression, culminating in further assimilationist policies under the junta of the 1980s. Throughout, the author draws on fieldwork surveys and research in the Turkish state archives to offer various perspectives on the relationship between the 'Alawis and the state, and the evolution of 'Alawi political identity this gave rise to. Produced in association with the British Institute at Ankara

UK June 2022 • US June 2022 • 240 pages • 38 bw illus HB 9780755617111 • £85.00 / $115.00 ePub 9780755617135 • £76.50 / $100.32 Series: Contemporary Turkey • I.B. Tauris World English

The Political Representation of Kurds in Turkey

New Actors and Modes of Participation in a Changing Society

Cengiz Gunes, Open University, UK Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, Turkey relentlessly persecuted any form of Kurdish dissent. This book is a timely contribution to the debate on the Kurds’ political representation in Turkey, tracing the different forms it has taken since 1950. Based on survey data obtained from over 350 individuals, it is the first book to provide an in-depth analysis of Kurdish attitudes from across different segments of Kurdish society, including the elite, the business and professional classes, women and youth activists. It is an intimate portrait of how Kurds today are dealing with the challenges and difficulties of political representation.

UK May 2022 • US May 2022 • 256 pages PB 9780755641178 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9780755601899 ePub 9780755606337 • £76.50 / $100.32 ePdf 9780755606344 • £76.50 / $100.32 Series: Kurdish Studies • I.B. Tauris

European Revolutions and the Ottoman Balkans

Nationalism, Violence and Empire in the Long Nineteenth-Century

Edited by Dimitris Stamatopoulos Published in Association with the British Institute at Ankara Rejecting traditional Orientalist narratives, this work examines Balkan nationalist movements in the Ottoman Empire within their broader western European historical contexts. Drawing on a range of hitherto unstudied archival research, contributors variously consider the complex roles played by Europe’s internal geo-political ruptures in forming the Balkan states, and demonstrate how the Balkan intelligentsia drew inspiration from, and interacted with, contemporary European thought.

UK November 2021 • US November 2021 • 280 pages PB 9780755646234 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9781788311045 ePub 9780755603282 • £26.09 / $35.17 ePdf 9780755603275 • £26.09 / $35.17 Series: The Ottoman Empire and the World • I.B. Tauris

Ottoman Culture and the Project of Modernity

Reform and Translation in the Tanzimat Novel

Edited by Monica M. Ringer, Amherst College, USA & Etienne E. Charrière, Bilkent University, Turkey This volume focuses on the novel as a literary form that was central to the Ottoman Tanzimat project. Codified outside of the Ottoman space, the novel genre was adopted in the nineteenth-century as a didactic tool to model the new citizens of the Empire. Essays in this book explore the translation of the novel form and its deployment in the late Ottoman cultural context. Authors observe the project of modernity as Tanzimat novelists themselves viewed it, from a variety of disciplinary vantage points (including sociology, political science, urban studies, art history, affect, and the history of the body).

UK November 2021 • US November 2021 • 232 pages PB 9780755646241 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9781788314527 ePub 9780755616688 • £26.09 / $35.17 ePdf 9780755616664 • £26.09 / $35.17 I.B. Tauris

Communication Strategies in Turkey

Erdogan, the AKP and Political Messaging

Taner Dogan This book explores political communication from the perspective of Americanisation, image, symbol, and social movement theories, revealing the application of these tools by Erdogan and Turkey's AKP. Containing quantitative and qualitative analysis of in-depth interviews with high profile AKP officials, observations at AKP rallies and headquarters, and analysis of Erdogan’s speeches from 2002 to 2018, the book shows how his method of communication changed over time to prioritise a “New Turkey” to replace Atatürk and his legacy.

UK June 2022 • US June 2022 • 248 pages • 7 bw illus. PB 9780755636587 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9781838602246 ePub 9781838602253 • £76.50 / $100.32 ePdf 9781838602277 • £76.50 / $100.32 I.B. Tauris

The First Capital of the Ottoman Empire

The Religious, Architectural, and Social History of Bursa

Suna Cagaptay, Bahcesehir University, Turkey Focusing on Byzantine and Ottoman archaeology, this book explores the transition of Bursa from a Byzantine Christian city, to an Islamic Ottoman one. It argues that Bursa was a multi-faith capital, and that in the records of Bursa we can see the religious plurality and modernity of the Ottoman world in miniature. Rooted in the author’s archaeological expertise, it reveals a richer and more accurate narrative of the city than existing studies to date, examining archaeological sources as well as visual and written sources by travellers.

UK May 2022 • US May 2022 • 232 pages • 20 b&w illus PB 9780755635436 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9781838605490 ePub 9781838605513 • £76.50 / $100.32 ePdf 9781838605520 • £76.50 / $100.32 I.B. Tauris