Erdoğan: The Making of an Autocrat

President Erdoğan's resilience as Turkey's leader makes for an extraordinary political study of longevity, charisma and strategic decision-making. Uncovering the person behind the persona, M. Hakan Yavuz draws on 250 first-hand interviews to untangle the web of literary, religious and biographical influences that shaped Erdogan's personality, ideology and world view. With chapters covering the Gezi park protests, the clash between the AKP and G len movement, the Kurdish question and the country's projected image as a major international power, Yavuz explores how Erdoğan has created a 'New Turkey' - a hybrid political entity, neither East nor West, democratic nor dictatorial, Islamic nor secular.

Author: M. Hakan Yavuz
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Published: 05/21/2021
Pages: 368
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.55lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.88d
ISBN13: 9781474483254
ISBN10: 1474483259
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Political
- History | Modern | 21st Century
- History | Middle East | Turkey & Ottoman Empire

About the Author

M. Hakan Yavuz is Professor of Political Science at the University of Utah.