Turkey, a Century of Change in State and Society

Bayram Balci is CNRS researcher at CERI-Sciences Po Paris. His works and publications are related to religion and politics in Turkey, Central Asia, the Caucasus, and the Middle East.Nicolas Monceau is Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Bordeaux, France. His research focuses on Turkish Politics and Turkey in its regional and international environment. He has published several books on Turkey and the Middle East, Turkey and the EU and the Turkish elite.

“Each chapter is authored by well-known experts in their respective fields with a proven record of publication. … This book is a valuable addition to the scholarship on Turkish politics. It offers an in-depth analysis of domestic, regional, and international developments that have shaped Turkey, stimulating intellectual curiosity and debate among scholars and students alike.” (Düzgün Arslantas, Zeitschrift für Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik, Vol. 17 (4), 2024)

• Chapter 1. Introduction: From the Ottoman Empire to Republican Turkey. A Century of Disjunctions and Continuities, by Bayram Balci and Nicolas Monceau.- Chapter 2. Belonging to a Republic or Something Else: An Assessment of the Evolution and Challenges to Modern Citizenship in Contemporary Turkey, by Özlem Kaygusuz.- Chapter 3. Transformations in the Turkish Economy: A Political Economy Analysis of 100 Years of the Republic of Turkey, by Ümit Akcay.- Chapter 4. The State and Religion from 1923 to 2023: Major Tendencies in an Incomplete Development, by Bayram Balci.- Chapter 5. Turkey’s Nation-Building and the Kurdish question, by Evren Balta.- Chapter 6. Turkey, the West and Endless Search for Power, by Ilhan Üzgel.- Chapter 7. Turkey and Europe, an Ambivalent Relationship since the Establishment of the Turkish Republic, by Nicolas Monceau.- Chapter 8. Conclusion: Turkey at the crossroads in 2023, by Bayram Balci and Nicolas Monceau.