Regime Change in Contemporary Turkey

Necati Polat is Professor of International Relations at the Middle East Technical University, Ankara, where he teaches on theories of international politics, international law, and the philosophy of social sciences. He is the author of International Relations, Meaning and Mimesis (2012).

• Preface; Introduction; Part I: Change; 1. What Changed?; 2. Run Up to Change; 3. Trials; 4. Resistance to Change; Part II: After Change; 5. Context; 6. Gezi Protests; 7. Media Engineering; 8. Anything Goes?; 9. Peace at Home; 10. Everyday Atrocities; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

Cogently argued and rich in illustrative detail, this important book eloquently describes the mimetic nature of Turkey’s renewed descent into authoritarianism under the AKP. Essential reading about a country once touted as a democratic model for others to follow.'