The Routledge Handbook of Modern Turkish History

This handbook is an innovative recasting and reinterpretation of modern Turkish history centered on war and society. It covers much neglected conflicts and wars and provides new insights about its complex politics, military, diplomacy, and people. The Turkish Republic was born after a series of wars which dismantled the Ottoman Empire and left the foundation of a state with new and reduced borders. Turkey's foreign policy has been characterized for the last century by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk's principle of "peace at home, peace in the world", but in practice, it has had to fight foreign wars outside of its geography and battle counterinsurgency inside its borders against various rebel movements. Although wars and conflicts were instrumental in shaping Turkey, they have received very little scholarly attention, and they are mostly absent in western studies of modern Turkey. Rather than advocating for a single accepted interpretation of Turkish history, this book aims to highlight the complexity of modern Turkish history and the diversity in interpretations. Presenting a coherent and condensed history of modern Turkey in a reader-friendly way, this handbook offers students and general readers the sound background to better understand Turkey within its international and transnational context.

Mesut Uyar is a Professorial Fellow at the University of New South Wales, Canberra. His most recent books are The Ottoman Army and the First World War (2021) and Phase Line Attila: The Amphibious Campaign for Cyprus, 1974 (2020). Edward J. Erickson is a retired Professor of Military History from the Department of War Studies at the Marine Corps University. His books include Phase Line Attila: The Amphibious Campaign for Cyprus, 1974 (2020) and The Turkish War of Independence, A Military History 1919-1923 (2021)

Prologue Part 1: Studies in Periodization 1. The Ottoman Legacy 2. The Foundation of the Turkish Republic under Atatürk 1923-38 3. One-Party State and National Leader 1938-50 4. Pluralist and Monopolistic 1950-60 5. Between Military Rule and Democracy 1960-83 6. Democratization and Economic Liberalization 1983-2002 7. The Political Islam in Power 2002-24 Part 2: Thematic Studies 8. Land and the People 9. Politics and Democratization 10. Diplomacy 11. The Armed Forces 12. Civil-Military Relations 13. Media 14. Migration and Diaspora 15. Integration with the West Part 3: War and Society 16. Turkish War of Independence 1919-22 17. Ethnic and Religious Rebellions 1923-39 18. The Korean War 1950-53 19. Cold War 1946-91 20. Cyprus Crisis and War 21. Time of Troubles: Left-Wing and Right-Wing Political Violence 1965-1980 22. Kurdish Insurgency and Counterinsurgency 23. Peace Support Operations