EAN: 9781350350267

THE NEW SULTAN - SONER CAGAPTAY TASCHENBUCH

*New Edition of the Leading Work on Modern Turkey* In a world of rising tensions between Russia
and the United States  the Middle East and Europe  Sunnis and Shiites  Islamism and liberalism
Turkey is at the epicentre. And at the heart of Turkey is its right-wing populist president 
Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Since 2002  Erdogan has consolidated his hold on domestic politics while
using military and diplomatic means to solidify Turkey as a regional power. His crackdown has
been brutal and consistent - scores of journalists arrested  academics officially banned from
leaving the country  university deans fired and many of the highest-ranking military officers
arrested. In some senses  the nefarious and failed 2016 coup has given Erdogan the licence to
make good on his repeated promise to bring order and stability under a 'strongman'. Here 
leading Turkish expert Soner Cagaptay will look at Erdogan's roots in Turkish history  what he
believes in and how he has cemented his rule  as well as what this means for the world. The
book will also unpick the 'threats' Erdogan has worked to combat - from the liberal Turks to
the Gulen movement  from coup plotters to Kurdish nationalists - all of which have culminated
in the crisis of modern Turkey.

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