Europe: January 2000

Turkey's Fault Lines and the Crisis of Kemalism

By: M. Hakan Yavuz and Mujeeb R. Khan

Description: "Kemalism has been superficially Western in form while remaining rigidly authoritarian and dogmatic in substance. It continues to stress republicanism over democracy, homogeneity over difference, the military over the civilian, and the state over society. . . . Its quixotic quest to radically recast Turkish culture, history, and identity has ensured a permanent kulturkampf against society."

Online Subscribers View Article as PDF Requires login.