Cultural Globalization in Turkey

Özbudun, Ferhat; Keyman, Fuat

doi:10.1093/0195151461.003.0010

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“…The rising popularity of the pro-Islamic Welfare Party indicated a non-Western/European turn in Turkish political discourses., According to Gülalp (1998: 64) , pro-Islamic discourses associated Europe with relentless capitalism and imperialism, and prescribed Islam as the right way for Turkish modernity. Conversely, Özbudun and Keyman (2002) , and Buğra (1999) argue that the Islamic challenge brought success to the Islamic-oriented parties in national and municipal elections; and successful Islamic-oriented economic actors, whose increasing presence in economic life proved that Islam can co-exist with free market capitalism, globalization and modernity.…”

Section: The Third Period (1946–1998)mentioning

confidence: 99%

Europe and Turkey: identities in evolution. An analytical literature review

Gulmez¹,

Topal²,

Rumelili³

2023

Open Res Europe

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This research aims to offer a valid answer to the question of how Turks and Europeans perceived each other in cultural and identity terms throughout history. With this purpose, it makes a thorough analytical review of the extant scholarly literature on identity relations between Turkey and Europe. There is an evident lack of scholarly attention on the evolution of mutual representations comparatively in the long durée. Most scholarly works focus on specific periods of time and investigate either how Turks view Europe or visa-versa. This systematic review provides the basis for an evolutionary analysis of mutual identity representations between Turkey and Europe over more than a two-hundred-year period. The period under focus starts with the French Revolution (1789) triggering intensive identity debates between Ottomans and Europeans and lasts until mid-2010s when bilateral relations between Turkey and the European Union went into disarray. This long period has been divided into four shorter periods each starting and ending with a remarkable event in world politics or bilateral relations. The study examines each period in relation to four focal issues, namely, nationalism, civilization, status in international society, and state-citizen relations generating intensive identity discussions in both Turkey and Europe. The article first presents the key findings of the relevant literature on European representations of Turkey and on Turkish representations of Europe in the four historical periods. Then it scrutinizes the extant literature on each period with respect to the four focal issues. Overall, the study, through a comprehensive literature review, demonstrates the ways in which mutual identity representations in Turkey and Europe have been contested over a two-hundred-year period.

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Section: The Third Period (1946–1998)mentioning

confidence: 99%

Europe and Turkey: identities in evolution. An analytical literature review

Gulmez¹,

Topal²,

Rumelili³

2023

Open Res Europe

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“…In fact, unlike the Latin American and South European countries, where the transition from authoritarianism to democracy was realized through a "rupture" with the old regime, Turkey's experience involved a peaceful transition with a movement of "reform" in the single-party political system (Özbudun 2000: 13-44). It is for this reason that, as has been argued by many, since its inception in 1950 parliamentary democracy has persisted and remained an accepted and dominant "political norm of governance", even if it has faced three regime breakdowns in 1960, 1971(Özbudun 2000Sunar 2004). It is true that "democracy deficit" constitutes one of the main characteristics of contemporary Turkish politics, and democracy in Turkey needs to be consolidated.…”

Section: The Crisis Of Modernitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Europe and Asia beyond East and West

Delanty¹

2006

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This is a timely volume that explores Europe in its relation to Asia in a way that moves beyond simplistic notions of West and East. Rejecting the idea of a clash of civilizations, the contributions highlight the interlinked nature of Europe and Asia and attempt to identify cosmopolitan moments of openness.From both a historical and a contemporary perspective, it is shown that both Europe and Asia are not based on fixed cultural or geographical foundations. The East is also in the West. Rather than look at Europe and Asia in terms of separate worlds, they can be seen in terms of cultural struggles common to both. A general theme is that the idea of the West as an ideological, cultural and geopolitical construct is becoming increasingly questionable when applied to the current situation, which is one in which West and East are mutually linked. The articulation of a new European identity that includes a recognition of the non-European is now one of the major chances for Europe to define its identity in the world.

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“…These developments made it clear to more conservative and religious people that globalization, economic growth, and Islam are not necessarily contradictory, but can be synthesized instead (Özbudun and Keyman 2002). Indeed, the religious faction started to criticize "the status of the secularrational thinking as the exclusive source of modernity in Turkey" (Keyman and Koyuncu 2005, p. 110).…”

Section: The Blending Force Of Globalization In Turkeymentioning

confidence: 99%