The New Sultan: Erdogan and the Crisis of Modern Turkey

by Soner Çağaptay

Book Overview

In a world of rising tensions between Russia and the United States, the Middle East and Europe, Sunnis and Shiites, Islamism and liberalism, Turkey is at the epicentre. And at the heart of Turkey is its right-wing populist president, Recep Tayyip Erdo?an. Since 2002, Erdo?an has consolidated his hold on domestic politics while using military and diplomatic means to solidify Turkey as a regional power. His crackdown has been brutal and consistent -...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1784538264
• ISBN13: 9781784538262
• Release Date: June 2017
• Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.5" x 8.6"