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Europeanization and Tolerance in
Turkey:
The Myth of Toleration by Ayhan Kaya
About the
Book
This book
discusses the
ways in which
ethno-cultural
and religious
diversity has
hitherto been
handled by the
modern Turkish
state within the
framework of
the discourse of
tolerance in line
with the contemporary Europeanization
process. Among many other topics, this
book will delineate the construction of
the Turkish national identity and the
modern Turkish state in a way that
underlines the constitutive elements
of the state machinery as well as the
technologies of citizenship in Turkey
since the decay of the Ottoman Empire
in the early 19th century. Depicting
the major challenges to the traditional
Kemalist nation-state project such
as the Alevi Question, the Kurdish
Question, the Headscarf Question and
the processes of Europeanization, the
book will also include an historical
account of the notion of tolerance in
the Turkish context dating back to the
heydays of the Ottoman Empire. Based
on qualitative survey findings, this work
is an attempt to unravel the myth of
tolerance in Turkey.
About the Author
AYHAN KAYA is Professor of Politics,
Department of International Relations,
and the Director of European Institute
at the Istanbul Bilgi University, Turkey
Reviews
“With this book Ayhan Kaya elevates
the discussion around modernization
and diversity in Turkey to a new level.”
- Thomas Faist, Bielefeld University,
Germany
“Pathbreaking and original...a text
that will be the essential food for
thought. Highly recommended!” - Fuat
Keyman, Istanbul Policy Centre, Sabanci
University, Turkey
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“This is an insightful and critical book
on recent socio-political developments
in Turkey and on Turkey’s path towards
EU membership.” -Anna Triandafyllidou,
European University Institute, Italy
“This book will remain an essential
source for all those who wish to take
a fresh look at the Turkish experiment
from the days of the Republic through
the transformative rule of the AKP.” -
Soli Özel, Kadir Has University, Turkey
Constructions of European Identity by
Senem Aydın-Düzgit
About the
Book
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Based on a
poststructuralist
framework that
conceptualizes
identity as
discursively
constructed
t h r o u g h
difference, the book applies Critical
Discourse Analysis to the analysis of
texts and argues that there are multiple
Europe(s) that are constructed in talks
over the enlargement of Turkey, varying
within and between different ideological,
national and institutional contexts. The
book discerns four main discourse
topics over which these Europe(s)
are constructed, corresponding to
the conceptualization of Europe as a
security community, as an upholder
of democratic values, as a political
project and as a cultural space. The
book argues that Turkey constitutes a
key case in exploring various discursive
constructs of European identity, since
the talks on Turkey pave the way for
the construction of different versions
of Europe in discourse.
‘This book makes an extremely
significant point: How the EU and
Europeans in general speak about
Turkey tells us more about the EU
and Europe than about Turkish
membership aspirations. Arguing from a
poststructuralist perspective combined
with a rigorous methodology of Critical
Discourse Analysis, Senem Aydın-
Düzgit demonstrates that there are not
one, but many Turkish ‘Others’ in these
discourses constructing not one, but
many European “Selves”. A Must-Read
for anybody interested in European
identity, EU-Turkish relations, and
systematic discourse analysis!’ - Thomas
Risse, Director, Center for Transnational
Relations, Foreign and Security Policy
at the Otto Suhr Institute of Political
Science at the Freie University Berlin,
Germany
‘This is a superb book on the construction
of Europe and the instrumental role of
the Turkish question. It is empirically
and analytically rich and theoretically
and methodologically sophisticated.’ -
Knud Erik Jørgensen, Professor at the
Department of Political Science, Aarhus
University, Denmark
‘In her detailed and at the same time
highly engaging study, Senem Aydın-
Düzgit takes up the argument that what
we understand Europe to mean is only
constructed through the engagement
with ‘others’, and substantiates it
through a superb analysis of the debates
about the EU-Turkey relationship.
Everyone interested in EU identity
and foreign policy needs to read this
book and will find a rich treasure of
empirical material on the construction
of a security-related, political and
cultural identity of Europe.’ - Thomas
Diez, Professor of Political Science and
International Relations, University of
Tübingen, Germany.
E-BOOK on the EU for Life-Long
Learning
Avrupa Birliği Hakkında Merak
Ettikleriniz: AB’ye Giriş E-Book (All
you have wondered about the EU:
Introduction to the EU). Istanbul:
Hiperlink Yayinlari, ISBN: 978-9944-
157-63-6; E-ISBN: 978-9944-157-62-9.
This book was designed to help the
students of European Integration within
the framework of Lifelong Learning.
Hence the chapters are short and
concise, readable by adults. The book
dervies from articles by the experts
on the European Integration teaching
in different universities in Turkey. The
attendants of the Certificate Program
on the European Integration will be
recommended to have access to the
book. The book is also accessible to
everyone in the PdF format at the
following website address: http://
eu.bilgi.edu.tr/docs/yetiskinler-icinavrupa-birligi.pdf