Shane Brennan is Lecturer in the Department of History at Mardin University, Turkey. He holds a PhD in Ancient History from the University of Exeter. Marc Herzog is Assistant Director of the British Institute at Ankara. Formerly a Research Associate at The Foreign Policy Centre, he holds a PhD in Politics from the University of Exeter.

'Turkey is emerging from almost a century of secularist nation building and tightly controlled identity policies. Yet, whether the current renegotiation of Turkishness will ultimately result in a multicultural liberal order, or whether it will lead to a comparably discriminating phase of Islamic-capitalist conservatism is by no means decided. The authors of Turkey and the Politics of National Identity provide much needed answers to this question from a wide range of disciplinary vantage points. Empirically grounded and conceptually sophisticated, this timely collection makes a crucial contribution to the debate on Turkey's social and political transformations since the turn of the millennium.' Kerem Oktem, Professor for Southeast European Studies at the University of Graz, Austria and author of Angry Nation: Turkey Since 1989 (2011) 'Turkey and the Politics of National Identity isn't simply essential reading for anyone interested in what is going on in Turkey today; it's also an invaluable guide to how new forms of social identity are shaping Turkey's future. Shane Brennan and Marc Herzog have assembled a cast of leading experts who explore how the secular idealism and nationalist certainties installed under Ataturk's republic have been coming rapidly unstuck in the new millennium...Frequently lively and invariably intelligent, often surprising and always informative, each of these essays deals with the living issues that confront Turkey's future.' Gerald MacLean, Professor of English Literature at the University of Exeter. His latest book is Abdullah Gul and the Making of the New Turkey (2014) 'Timely and insightful [this book] shed[s] critical light on the whole complexity of the identity issue in contemporary Turkey and deserve[s] to be read widely.' Clemence Scalbert Yucel, Researcher at the French Institute for Anatolian Research in Istanbul and Director of the Centre for Kurdish Studies at the University of Exeter

• Introduction. Shane Brennan and Marc HerzogPart 1: POLITICSChapter 1: The Concept of Türkiyeli. Baskin OranChapter 2: Political Liberalization and Constitutional Changes. William HaleChapter 3: Turkey: A Rising Normative Power? Sevilay AksoyPart 2: ECONOMY AND SOCIETYChapter 4: Turkey’s Economy and the EU. Canan BalkirChapter 5: Kurdish Language at Large: What has Changed? Clémence Scalbert-YücelChapter 6: Minority Identities in Contemporary Turkey. Christine AllisonPart 3: CULTUREChapter 6: Minor Literatures and their Challenge to ‘National’ Literature: The Turkish Case. Laurent MignonChapter 7: Queering Identities in Ottoman History and Turkish Fiction. Donna LandryChapter 8: Kurds and the 'Kurdish Opening'. Ibrahim Özco?arPart 4: PAST AND PRESENTChapter 9: Ottoman Influences in Society Today. Gerald MacleanChapter 10: Identity Formation in Contemporary Turkey: Legacies of a Pre-Turkish past. Stephen MitchellChapter 11: Invisible Change: Archaeological Practices in Turkey in the New Millennium. Burcu Erciyas

Shane Brennan is Lecturer in the Department of History at Mardin University, Turkey. He holds a PhD in Ancient History from the University of Exeter. Marc Herzog is Assistant Director of the British Institute at Ankara. Formerly a Research Associate at The Foreign Policy Centre, he holds a PhD in Politics from the University of Exeter.

'Turkey is emerging from almost a century of secularist nation building and tightly controlled identity policies. Yet, whether the current renegotiation of Turkishness will ultimately result in a multicultural liberal order, or whether it will lead to a comparably discriminating phase of Islamic-capitalist conservatism is by no means decided. The authors of Turkey and the Politics of National Identity provide much needed answers to this question from a wide range of disciplinary vantage points. Empirically grounded and conceptually sophisticated, this timely collection makes a crucial contribution to the debate on Turkey's social and political transformations since the turn of the millennium.' Kerem Oktem, Professor for Southeast European Studies at the University of Graz, Austria and author of Angry Nation: Turkey Since 1989 (2011) 'Turkey and the Politics of National Identity isn't simply essential reading for anyone interested in what is going on in Turkey today; it's also an invaluable guide to how new forms of social identity are shaping Turkey's future. Shane Brennan and Marc Herzog have assembled a cast of leading experts who explore how the secular idealism and nationalist certainties installed under Ataturk's republic have been coming rapidly unstuck in the new millennium...Frequently lively and invariably intelligent, often surprising and always informative, each of these essays deals with the living issues that confront Turkey's future.' Gerald MacLean, Professor of English Literature at the University of Exeter. His latest book is Abdullah Gul and the Making of the New Turkey (2014) 'Timely and insightful [this book] shed[s] critical light on the whole complexity of the identity issue in contemporary Turkey and deserve[s] to be read widely.' Clemence Scalbert Yucel, Researcher at the French Institute for Anatolian Research in Istanbul and Director of the Centre for Kurdish Studies at the University of Exeter

• Introduction. Shane Brennan and Marc HerzogPart 1: POLITICSChapter 1: The Concept of Türkiyeli. Baskin OranChapter 2: Political Liberalization and Constitutional Changes. William HaleChapter 3: Turkey: A Rising Normative Power? Sevilay AksoyPart 2: ECONOMY AND SOCIETYChapter 4: Turkey’s Economy and the EU. Canan BalkirChapter 5: Kurdish Language at Large: What has Changed? Clémence Scalbert-YücelChapter 6: Minority Identities in Contemporary Turkey. Christine AllisonPart 3: CULTUREChapter 6: Minor Literatures and their Challenge to ‘National’ Literature: The Turkish Case. Laurent MignonChapter 7: Queering Identities in Ottoman History and Turkish Fiction. Donna LandryChapter 8: Kurds and the 'Kurdish Opening'. Ibrahim Özco?arPart 4: PAST AND PRESENTChapter 9: Ottoman Influences in Society Today. Gerald MacleanChapter 10: Identity Formation in Contemporary Turkey: Legacies of a Pre-Turkish past. Stephen MitchellChapter 11: Invisible Change: Archaeological Practices in Turkey in the New Millennium. Burcu Erciyas

Shane Brennan is Lecturer in the Department of History at Mardin University, Turkey. He holds a PhD in Ancient History from the University of Exeter. Marc Herzog is Assistant Director of the British Institute at Ankara. Formerly a Research Associate at The Foreign Policy Centre, he holds a PhD in Politics from the University of Exeter.

'Turkey is emerging from almost a century of secularist nation building and tightly controlled identity policies. Yet, whether the current renegotiation of Turkishness will ultimately result in a multicultural liberal order, or whether it will lead to a comparably discriminating phase of Islamic-capitalist conservatism is by no means decided. The authors of Turkey and the Politics of National Identity provide much needed answers to this question from a wide range of disciplinary vantage points. Empirically grounded and conceptually sophisticated, this timely collection makes a crucial contribution to the debate on Turkey's social and political transformations since the turn of the millennium.' Kerem Oktem, Professor for Southeast European Studies at the University of Graz, Austria and author of Angry Nation: Turkey Since 1989 (2011) 'Turkey and the Politics of National Identity isn't simply essential reading for anyone interested in what is going on in Turkey today; it's also an invaluable guide to how new forms of social identity are shaping Turkey's future. Shane Brennan and Marc Herzog have assembled a cast of leading experts who explore how the secular idealism and nationalist certainties installed under Ataturk's republic have been coming rapidly unstuck in the new millennium...Frequently lively and invariably intelligent, often surprising and always informative, each of these essays deals with the living issues that confront Turkey's future.' Gerald MacLean, Professor of English Literature at the University of Exeter. His latest book is Abdullah Gul and the Making of the New Turkey (2014) 'Timely and insightful [this book] shed[s] critical light on the whole complexity of the identity issue in contemporary Turkey and deserve[s] to be read widely.' Clemence Scalbert Yucel, Researcher at the French Institute for Anatolian Research in Istanbul and Director of the Centre for Kurdish Studies at the University of Exeter

• Introduction. Shane Brennan and Marc HerzogPart 1: POLITICSChapter 1: The Concept of Türkiyeli. Baskin OranChapter 2: Political Liberalization and Constitutional Changes. William HaleChapter 3: Turkey: A Rising Normative Power? Sevilay AksoyPart 2: ECONOMY AND SOCIETYChapter 4: Turkey’s Economy and the EU. Canan BalkirChapter 5: Kurdish Language at Large: What has Changed? Clémence Scalbert-YücelChapter 6: Minority Identities in Contemporary Turkey. Christine AllisonPart 3: CULTUREChapter 6: Minor Literatures and their Challenge to ‘National’ Literature: The Turkish Case. Laurent MignonChapter 7: Queering Identities in Ottoman History and Turkish Fiction. Donna LandryChapter 8: Kurds and the 'Kurdish Opening'. Ibrahim Özco?arPart 4: PAST AND PRESENTChapter 9: Ottoman Influences in Society Today. Gerald MacleanChapter 10: Identity Formation in Contemporary Turkey: Legacies of a Pre-Turkish past. Stephen MitchellChapter 11: Invisible Change: Archaeological Practices in Turkey in the New Millennium. Burcu Erciyas