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This book is an absolute success at creating an overview and a detailed analysis of what really happened prior and up to the Coup on July 15th. It is absolutely fascinating to read about the transformation of the GM through time and its relationship to Erdogan and his AK party. It is honestly enlightening to learn about how western academia and media has been fooled by GM and has misunderstood many details about Turkish politics over the years.
This indeed is why this publication is so important. The authors, specialized on Turkey and Gülen are providing us a perspective through their academic lens, which at least to me, is mostly new and never before read material.
Not all is perfect, however. I would, if I may, raise two issues which come to mind when reading this book. One is repetition – this is a natural occurrence because several people are writing about the same topic, yet for the reader, some notes tend to be repeated. Another issue is the lack of scrutiny of Erdogan. I personally feel that after reading this book, that Gülen is a power-hungry manipulator who tried to overthrow a democratically elected government. Erdogan, on the other hand, almost appears as a victim here. I have a rather limited academic knowledge about this subject, yet there seems to be a devastating reaction by him as he is jailing thousands of teachers, professors etc. Surely, it is shortly noted in the book that this is seen as excessive and civil rights have been ignored – yet I wonder if a bit more criticism towards Erdogan’s policies would be appropriate.
Conclusively it remains to be said that this is a great and indispensable work, and a very important book to understand Turkey today and examine its further developments for the middle East, and the rest of the world.
- Series: Utah Series in Middle East Studies
- Paperback: 360 pages
- Publisher: University of Utah Press (March 30, 2018)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1607816067
- ISBN-13: 978-1607816065
- Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.9 x 9 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
- Customer Reviews: 4 customer reviews
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- #2387 in African Politics
- #2744 in Middle Eastern Politics
- #797 in Turkey History (Books)
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