The Ambiguous Politics of Market Islam in Turkey and the World
The Hizmet (Service) Movement of Fethullah Gulen is Turkey's most influential Islamic identity community. Drawing on 14 months of ethnographic fieldwork in Turkey and the US, the author examines the Gulen Movement's role in Turkey's recent rise, as well as its strategic relationship with Turkey's Justice and Development Party-led government.
Inaugural volume in the new series Transregional Middle Easts Istanbul Unbound offers a timely and urgent rethinking of one of the world's most storied urban centers through an environmental lens. As Istanbul faces mounting ecological pressures--from the recently proclaimed "death" of the Marmara Sea to deforestation driven by ......
In 1517, the Ottoman Empire had finally defeated the Mamluk Sultanate in Egypt, completing their conquest of the Middle East and turning Egypt into a province of the Ottoman Empire. While much has been documented about the Mamluk period until 1517, publications on the historical record about the sixteenth century reveals little from distinctly ......
This compact, pocket-sized travel guide to Istanbul is ideal for travellers on shorter trips and anyone wanting to make the most of the city. It's light, portable and includes a handy pull-out map. This Istanbul guidebook covers: Sultanahmet, Topkapi Palace to the Golden Horn, Grand Bazaar District, Northwest quarter and the land walls, Galata ......
Ideal for independent travellers, this guidebook to Turkey, written by Turkey experts, goes beyond the basics. It blends must-see sights with hidden gems and offers unmatched practical guidance for seamless planning and on-the-go exploration. Packed with in-depth advice often missing from other guides, it helps you navigate with ease. From using ......
Language, Global Ideas, and the Creation of Western Armenian in the Ottoman Empire
Purist Pursuits chronicles how and why Armenians in the Ottoman Empire fashioned a new language called Western Armenian. Tracing its rise from the eighteenth to the early-twentieth centuries, Jennifer Manoukian studies the evolution of an ever-changing ideology that undergirded all phases of the language's formation: linguistic purism. ......
A profound examination of how photographs can both sever and connect, tracing the paths of Ottoman Armenians across state and family archives. In 1896 the Ottoman sultan issued a decree that allowed Armenians - and only Armenians - to emigrate on the condition that they expatriate and never return to their homeland. A key step in this process ......
A profound examination of how photographs can both sever and connect, tracing the paths of Ottoman Armenians across state and family archives. In 1896 the Ottoman sultan issued a decree that allowed Armenians - and only Armenians - to emigrate on the condition that they expatriate and never return to their homeland. A key step in this process ......
In the context of the global decline of democracy, The Authoritarian Divide analyzes the tactics that populist leaders in Turkey, Venezuela, and Ecuador have used to polarize their countries. Political polarization is traditionally viewed as the result of competing left/right ideologies. In The Authoritarian Divide, Orcun Selcuk argues that, ......
