"Why Turkey is Authoritarian: From Atatürk to Erdogan", Halil Karaveli

In this new book on Turkey, Halil Karaveli highlights the danger in viewing events in the country as a war between a ‘westernising’ state and the popular masses defending their culture and religion, arguing instead for a class analysis that is largely ignored in the Turkish context. The book goes beyond cultural categories that overshadow more complex realities when thinking about the ‘Muslim world’, while highlighting the ways in which these cultural prejudices have informed ideological positions. Find more information here.