Turkey is among a league of revisionist powers who are challenging the world order. Erdogan and
his Islamist movement have aimed to create the "New Turkey" preparing for a future that is
less dependent on Western treaty allies and with an alliance structure of its own. This book
is about the political ideas driving Turkey's regime change and foreign policy. It
de-exceptionalizes Turkish politics arguing that the "New Turkey" is part of a global trend of
far-right nationalist movements like that of Donald Trump in the United States or Narendra Modi
in India. In particular the book reveals how far-right nationalist strands in Turkey have been
nurtured by an existential resentment of the West similar to those we are seeing in Russia. In
tracing this resentment and its historical roots the book invites policymakers and experts to
better understand the new relationships Turkey is building with fellow revisionists including
China and Russia as well as Turkey's involvement in the wars in Syria and Ukraine and
Erdogan's grand strategy for expansion. The book is based on interviews with senior
politicians and civil servants from across the country's political spectrum. It also benefits
from the author's personal knowledge of Turkey's far-right and Islamist traditions.
