Turkey's Dream of Democracy

Rouleau, Eric

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“…During the National Security Council Meeting held in its aftermath, the army presented the government a list of actions to be taken against religious radicalism. Though Erbakan agreed to take the actions, the events deteriorated and Erbakan had to resign from the Government particularly with the additional reaction of the coalition partner to the party (Köni, 2013;Rouleau, 2000).…”

Section: February 1997 Processmentioning

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“…The country has a very strategic location as it is stated by Rouleau (2000) in his Turkey's dream of democracy:…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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“…Bordering the oil fields of the Middle East, at the edge of the ex-soviet Turkic republics of the Caucasus and Central Asia (some of which are also rich in oil), and linked through its Ottoman past to the Balkans, Turkey has huge potential to play a stabilizing country in a turbulent region. Moreover, in the economic domain, Turkey had intensified its lucrative commercial and financial ties with Europe and had come to be considered one of the world's ten most promising emerging markets by the U.S government" (Rouleau, 2000).…”

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History of Islamic Political Movements in Turkey

Köni¹,

Rosli²,

Zin³

2015

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“…The country has a very strategic location as it is stated by Rouleau (2000) in his Turkey's dream of democracy:…”

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History of Islamic Political Movements in Turkey

Köni¹,

Rosli²,

Zin³

2015

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“…Kemalism had two distinctive and crucial elements: 'the indivisibility of the nation and its territory, and the secularism of the republic'. 21 Atatü rk's main legacy is thus his endorsement of nationalist secularism as the defining tenets of the Republic. Secularism was taken to mean not only the separation of religion from the state, but also the elimination of religion from the public sphere and bringing it under the control of the state.…”

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Turkey: Security, State and Society in Troubled Times

Drorian¹

2005

European Security

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The end of the Cold War has allowed for a burgeoning of the security agendas to include a range of softer threats such as economic and social conditions and environmental damage alongside the more traditional military considerations. The Turkish national discourse, however, has largely diverged from these global trends with militaristic perspectives still dominating and guiding the Turkish security agendas, almost exclusively, throughout the 1990s. This article argues that the roots of such enduring centrality of security, as understood and interpreted along the traditional lines, lie in the variables of history and ideology and the way in which these variables are reflected in modern Turkish society and identity.Security in international relations is generally understood as the absence of, and freedom from, threats to core values for both individuals and groups. 1 Throughout the Cold War, security as the ultimate goal of state behaviour has occupied a key place in both scholarly and policy-making analyses. As a consequence, questions of national security have dominated the security field and the notion of national security in turn has often been defined as 'a state's ability to defend itself from enemies who, by external attack and/or internal subversion, would threaten the integrity of its borders or its very existence'. 2 Traditionally, the analysis of national security has concentrated on the hard security dimension and was primarily defined in military terms. Its focus was thus on the state's military ability to deter and defend against aggression and threats of violence.This perspective on the concept of security that is guided by exclusively military considerations has been criticised as limited in focus and 'too narrowly founded', 3 and a number of scholars and strategists have argued for an expanded notion of security to include a range of softer threats. 4 Indeed, the end of the Cold War has allowed for a burgeoning of the security agenda. As a result, issues such as economic and social conditions, environmental damage, ethnic and religious based communal conflict, terrorism, organized crime and

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“…Rouleau, France's Ambassador to Turkey from 1988-1992, labeled the NSC 'a kind of shadow government through which the pashas [military elite] can impose their will on parliament and the government … Its deliberations are never made public, and even when decisions are announced, they are represented as recommendations to the government'. 38 Regularly, the NSC slows down progress during negotiations with the EU over accession requirements. The military expresses opposition to the implementation of the Copenhagen criteria that sum up the EU accession requirements including human rights standards.…”

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Political Movements and Leverage Points: Kurdish Activism in the European Diaspora

Eccarius‐Kelly¹

2002

Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs

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Turkey's Dream of Democracy

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History of Islamic Political Movements in Turkey

History of Islamic Political Movements in Turkey

Turkey: Security, State and Society in Troubled Times

Political Movements and Leverage Points: Kurdish Activism in the European Diaspora

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