Shows that Kemal's 'ideological toolkit', which included positivism, militarism, nationalism and a state-centred world view, was shared by several Young Turks. This book focuses on the attempts of the Young Turks to save their empire through forced modernization and on the attem…
Environmentalism in the Muslim World
This is the first book to provide an overview of how Muslim activists are responding on the ground to the global environmental crisis. The detrimental effects of environmental degradation are felt most severely by the world's poor, a disproportionate number of whom are Muslims. …
The Armenian Genocide was one of the greatest atrocities of the 20th century, an episode in which up to 1.5 million Armenians lost their lives. This book provides an account of the origins, events and consequences of the years 1915 and 1916. It considers the role that the Armeni…
The European Union is expanding. Wide cultural, political and economic differences within the Union have a significant impact on the management of human resources, so crucial to the success of any enterprise. Businesses within the EU have regularly to re-evaluate the context in …
Weaving history with observations of people, places, and art, Pamuk shows Istanbul's transformation from the seat of faded imperial glory to the capital of a modern nation at the dizzying crossroads of East and West
Suitable for those with an interest in europeanisation, this title offers an account of Turkey's relations and accession negotiations with the EU. It reviews how the EU has successfully induced change in Turkish policies and institutions whilst careful analysis is also conducted…
Robert Langdon vågner op med hukommelsestab på et hospital i Firenze. Snart må han med hjælp fra den unge, smukke og snarrådige læge Sienna Brooks tage flugten med en lejemorder i hælene, mens Langdon må optrevle en række gåder baseret på Dantes digt Inferno for at redde mennesk…
Can the contemporary Islamic finance movement be shown to meet the requirements of modern commerce? In the wake of the terrorist attacks on America, the UN Security Council passed a resolution targeting transnational sources of terrorist funds. The US and the International Monet…
This text offers an examination of the economic history of the principal Arab countries, Turkey and Israel since 1918. Using the state as its major economic analysis, it charts the growth of national income and issues of welfare and distribution over two periods, 1918-1945 and 1…