Religion, Identity and Power

Dr Ahmet Erdi Öztürk is Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in International Relations and Politics at London Metropolitan University and a Marie Sklodowska-Curie fellow at Coventry University in the UK and GIGA in Germany. He is also an associate researcher (Chercheur Associé) at Institut Français d'Études Anatoliennes and editor of International Journal of Religion. He was a Swedish Institute Pre and Post-Doctoral Fellow at Institute for Research on Migration, Ethnicity and Society (REMESO), at Linköping University, Scholar in Residence at the University of Notre Dame’s Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies. He is the author of more than 20 articles, numerous policy reports, opinion pieces and co-editor of four special issues and two books on religion and politics and Turkish politics. He is a regular contributor to media outlets such as Open Democracy, The Conversation, Huffington Post and France 24.

• Foreword from Professor Jeffrey HaynesList of Illustrations; List of TablesIntroductionPart I: Theory and History1. Multi-sided Roles of Religion, Identity and Power in Politics2. Turkey in the Balkans: From Late Ottoman to the 1970s3. Turkey as a Nascent Power in the Balkans: From the Özal Years to the AKPPart II: Turkey’s Intense Transformation under AKP Rule4. Defensive and Active Years of the AKP5. Reactive and Aggressive Years of the AKPPart III: The AKP’s New Turkey and its Reflections in the Balkans6. Service to the Global Ummah　7. Exportation of Domestic Conflicts　8. Interfering in the Internal Affairs of Host Countries9. Destabilising the Secular Environments of Host Countries　Conclusion: The New Turkey in the Balkans: An Ambiguous Actor?

[...] the book is an important one and should be in the reading list of anyone interested in the role of religion as a power source and in Turkey’s foreign policy towards the Balkans.