Filiz Coban Oran is Associate Professor of International Relations at Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Turkey. Her research interests focus on nationalism, identity politics and foreign policy analysis in International Relations. She is the editor of Religion and Transformation of International Relations in the 21st Century (2017).

In an era of political populism and authoritarianism, few countries provide more interest than Turkey. This authoritative book identifies the periods in recent political history that have shifted the national identity discourse of Turkey in the direction that glorifies a historical past while broadening its appeal to the Sunni Muslim world.

• Acknowledgements Introduction1 History: Religion, Turkish nationalism and foreign policy2 Theory and methodology: Critical discourse analysis3 Discourse analysis: Imagining the New Turkey4 ConclusionBibliographyIndex

Filiz Coban Oran is Associate Professor of International Relations at Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Turkey. Her research interests focus on nationalism, identity politics and foreign policy analysis in International Relations. She is the editor of Religion and Transformation of International Relations in the 21st Century (2017).

In an era of political populism and authoritarianism, few countries provide more interest than Turkey. This authoritative book identifies the periods in recent political history that have shifted the national identity discourse of Turkey in the direction that glorifies a historical past while broadening its appeal to the Sunni Muslim world.

• Acknowledgements Introduction1 History: Religion, Turkish nationalism and foreign policy2 Theory and methodology: Critical discourse analysis3 Discourse analysis: Imagining the New Turkey4 ConclusionBibliographyIndex

Filiz Coban Oran is Associate Professor of International Relations at Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Turkey. Her research interests focus on nationalism, identity politics and foreign policy analysis in International Relations. She is the editor of Religion and Transformation of International Relations in the 21st Century (2017).

In an era of political populism and authoritarianism, few countries provide more interest than Turkey. This authoritative book identifies the periods in recent political history that have shifted the national identity discourse of Turkey in the direction that glorifies a historical past while broadening its appeal to the Sunni Muslim world.

• Acknowledgements Introduction1 History: Religion, Turkish nationalism and foreign policy2 Theory and methodology: Critical discourse analysis3 Discourse analysis: Imagining the New Turkey4 ConclusionBibliographyIndex