Nationalism and Islam in Cold War Turkey, 1944–69

Aytürk, İlker

doi:10.1080/00263206.2014.911177

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“…1 In these studies, Christian nationalism is measured through attitudes toward how the federal government should promote Christian public visibility, such as allowing prayer in public schools and the definition of the US as a Christian nation. 2 Our expression "the problems of seriousness" is inspired from this usage of Greenfeld. 3 For more on the synthesis of Islam and nationalism in Turkey, see Aytürk (2014), Çetinsaya (1999), Uzer (2016), Yıldız and Kizir (2022), and Türkmen (2021). 4 The complex interplay between religion and nationalism in the making of the Turkish national identity also draws scholarly attention in the field.…”

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The Repertoires of Religious Nationalism: The Case of İsmet Özel

Yıldız

Çengel

2022

Nationalities Papers

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This article problematizes the study of religious nationalism, which lacks conceptual, religious, and nationalist “seriousness.” These problems of “seriousness” obscure the nature of religious nationalism as they overstretch and do not do justice to the concepts of religious nationalism, religion, and nationalism, respectively. Seeking for the nature of and a path to religious nationalism, it is suggested that the later writings of İsmet Özel, a well-known poet and public intellectual in Turkey, make an emblematic case for a religious type of nationalism, demonstrating not only religious seriousness with his Islamist ideology but also a central orientation to the nation through his exclusive focus on Turkishness and Turkey. In so doing, this article introduces a wide range of categories to specify the ways in which religious nationalism is operationalized and to measure the patterns of religious nationalism in an attempt to overcome the problems of “seriousness.” It identifies and examines six main patterns in Özel’s thinking and shows their interactions: religio-national identity, exceptionalism, religious territoriality, civilizational othering, sectarianism, and anti-secularism.

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The Repertoires of Religious Nationalism: The Case of İsmet Özel

Yıldız

Çengel

2022

Nationalities Papers

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“…57–59). The weakened AP also faced competition from other right-wing parties such as Türkeş’s National Action Party ( Milliyetçi Hareket Partisi ) and the Islamist National Order Party ( Milli Nizam Partisi ) founded by several independent MPs elected in the 1969 general elections (Aytürk, 2014). 8 Against this backdrop, the country was plunged into a balance of payments crisis that forced Demirel government to announce currency devaluation in August 1970 (Yagci, 2018, p. 85).…”

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Praetorian Army in Action: A Critical Assessment of Civil–Military Relations in Turkey

Esen

2020

Armed Forces & Society

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With four successful and three failed coups in less than 60 years, the Turkish military is one of the most interventionist armed forces in the global south. Despite this record, few scholars have analyzed systematically how the military’s political role changed over time. To address this gap, this article examines the evolution of civil–military relations (CMR) in Turkey throughout the 1960s and 1970s. Based on a historical analysis, this article offers a revisionist account for the extant Turkish scholarship and also contributes to the broader literature on CMR. It argues that the military’s guardian status was not clearly defined and that the officer corps differed strongly on major political issues throughout the Cold War. This article also demonstrates that the officer corps was divided into opposite ideological factions and political agendas and enjoyed varying levels of political influence due to frequent purges and conjectural changes.

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“…11. For more on the MHP see Aytürk 2014Aytürk , Önis 2003. For a short interview with Akşener on her campaign strategy, see https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=rNBYkb6httQ&t=2072s 13.…”

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A Small Yes for Presidentialism: The Turkish Constitutional Referendum of April 2017

Esen¹,

Gümüşçü²

2017

South European Society and Politics

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Following four elections in three years, on 16 April 2017 Turkish voters once again went to the polls-this time under the emergency law established after the failed coup attempt of July 2016-to vote on constitutional amendments aimed at replacing the existing parliamentary system with an executive presidency. This article reviews the content of the proposed constitutional amendments, analyses the campaign including the strategies employed by the main political actors in the 'Yes' and 'No' camps and the resource advantages enjoyed by the ruling party, assesses the electoral performance of both sides through a summary of results from provincial areas and geographical regions, and considers how Turkish politics are likely to take shape under the new system.

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Nationalism and Islam in Cold War Turkey, 1944–69

Cited by 19 publications

References 8 publications

The Repertoires of Religious Nationalism: The Case of İsmet Özel

The Repertoires of Religious Nationalism: The Case of İsmet Özel

Praetorian Army in Action: A Critical Assessment of Civil–Military Relations in Turkey

A Small Yes for Presidentialism: The Turkish Constitutional Referendum of April 2017

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