The underrepresentation of women in political decision making and their weak substantive representation continue in Turkey as of 2011. The dissertation examines the timing, direction, and mechanisms of slight changes in the representation of three women's groups in Turkey, namel…
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This dissertation addresses the impact of Kemalist state identity, which propagates a specific form of nationalism on Turkish foreign policy. The conditions for Turkey's involvement in the lives of Turks living outside Turkey are specified in the Turkish foreign policy model tha…
In Turkey, Islamists and secularists have long battled to control public opinion. Secularists have attempted to lock religion into the private sphere. For their part, Islamists have struggled to gain and maintain public visibility. On each side, activists have exerted pressures …
This dissertation is an attempt to study Turkey's national and secular identity in light of the challenges posed by Kurdish nationalism and political Islam. The underlying premise of my argument is that Kurdish nationalism and political Islam represent existential threats to Tur…