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6 - Neo-Ottomanism

From Pluralizing Promise to Religious Populism

from Part III - Twenty-First Century

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 December 2024

Nora Fisher-Onar
Affiliation:
University of San Francisco
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In the early 2010s, Turkey’s citizens continued to contest the role of religious, ethnic, and other forms of identity in public life. This chapter traces these contests over a series of transformative episodes from a constitutional referendum in 2010 to the nationwide Gezi Park protests three years later. Two key emergent properties are identified: (i) the AKP’s illiberal turn despite ongoing “openings” toward ethnic and religious minorities and (ii) the growing popularity of a neo-Ottomanism that came in more and less pluralistic variants. These included a multicultural approach to the Ottoman inheritance, but also a Sunni majoritarian strand. Both shaped domestic and foreign policy at a time of regional upheaval with the “Arab Spring” uprisings.

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Contesting Pluralism(s)
Islamism, Liberalism, and Nationalism in Turkey and Beyond
, pp. 179 - 217
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2025

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  • Neo-Ottomanism
  • Nora Fisher-Onar, University of San Francisco
  • Book: Contesting Pluralism(s)
  • Online publication: 19 December 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108976183.011
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  • Nora Fisher-Onar, University of San Francisco
  • Book: Contesting Pluralism(s)
  • Online publication: 19 December 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108976183.011
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  • Neo-Ottomanism
  • Nora Fisher-Onar, University of San Francisco
  • Book: Contesting Pluralism(s)
  • Online publication: 19 December 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108976183.011
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