Religious Minorities in Turkey: Alevi, Armenians, and Syriacs and the Struggle to Desecuritize Religious Freedom

This book considers the key issue of TurkeyÆs treatment of minorities in relation to its complex paths of both European integration and domestic and international reorientation. The expectations of TurkeyÆs EU and other international counterparts, as well as important domestic demands, have pushed Turkey to broaden the rights of religious and other minorities. More recently a turn towards autocratic government is rolling back some earlier achievements. This book shows how these broader processes affect the lives of three important religious groups in Turkey: the Alevi as a large Muslim community and the Christian communities of Armenians and Syriacs. Drawing on a wealth of original data and extensive fieldwork, the authors compare and explain improvements, set-backs, and lingering concerns for TurkeyÆs religious minorities and identify important challenges for TurkeyÆs future democratic development and European path. The book will appeal to students and scholars in the fields of minority politics, contemporary Turkish politics, and religion and politics.

• | Author: Mehmet Bardakci, Annette Freyberg-Inan, Christoph Giesel, Olaf Leisse, Mehmet Bardak?i
• | Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• | Publication Date: Feb 10, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 291 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover/Political Science
• | ISBN-10: 113727025X
• | ISBN-13: 9781137270252