Turkey’s Violent Formation: New Social Contracts at the End of the Ottoman Empire

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Hans-Lukas Kieser

Turkey’s Violent Formation

New Social Contracts at the End of the Ottoman Empire

Hans-Lukas Kieser

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English

I.B. Tauris
17 October 2024

Middle Eastern history; Political science & theory; Nationalism

The decade of war and violence culminating in the Conference of Lausanne was formative for the modern state of Turkey, as it was for interwar Europe’s diplomacy and appeasement. Yet the currents that gave rise to the defining events of the period – ultranationalism, imperial proto-fascism, and pan-Islamism – have yet to be definitively integrated into historiography.

The case studies in this book reappraise key events, concepts, and individuals in late Ottoman and early Republican Turkey. Divided into four parts, the book first examines squandered opportunities for democratic reform of the multi-ethnic empire, as well as the emergence of extreme politico-religious ideology in the late Ottoman period. It then examines the continuity of these currents in Kemalist Turkey in case studies including anti-Kurdish campaigns and biographical studies of key actors, insiders, and ideologues such as Ziya Gökalp, Cavid Bey, Riza Nur, and Mahmut Bozkurt. The final part of the book explores the legacy of Turkey’s violent formation vis-à-vis its relations with wartime ally Germany in the context particularly of the Armenian genocide.

Together, the chapters in this book emphasise the legacy of foundational violence which marked the formation of authoritarian modern Turkey, while highlighting the need for new, inclusive democratic social contracts.

By: Hans-Lukas Kieser
Imprint: I.B. Tauris
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 454g
ISBN: 9780755649556
ISBN 10: 0755649559
Pages: 296
Publication Date: 17 October 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Hans-Lukas Kieser is a historian of the late Ottoman Empire and Turkey at the University of Newcastle, Australia, and the University of Zurich, Switzerland.

Reviews for Turkey’s Violent Formation: New Social Contracts at the End of the Ottoman Empire

The Great War and its aftermath carried extreme violence into the fabric of Turkish politics and society. Hans-Lukas Kieser is a sure guide to this tragic story of lost possibilities and of the construction of an iron cage of public life. This book is history with a moral message. * Jay Winter, Professor, Yale University, USA *