The New Sultan

ISBN: 9781784538262 出版年：2017 页码：268 Soner Cagaptay Bloomsbury Publishing

In a world of rising tensions between Russia and the United States, the Middle East and Europe, Sunnis and Shiites, Islamism and liberalism, Turkey is at the epicentre. And at the heart of Turkey is its right-wing populist president, Recep Tayyip Erdo?an. Since 2002, Erdo?an has consolidated his hold on domestic politics while using military and diplomatic means to solidify Turkey as a regional power. His crackdown hand consistent - scores of journalists arrested, academics officially banned from leaving the country, university deans fired ahighest-ranking military officers arrested. In some senses, the nefarious and failed 2016 coup has given Erdo?an the licence to marepeated promise to bring order and stability under a 'strongman'. Here, leading Turkish expert Soner Cagaptay will look at Erdo?an's roots in Turkish history, what he believes in and how he has cemented his rule, as well as what this means for the world. The book withe 'threats' Erdogan has worked to combat - from the liberal Turks to the Gulen movement, from coup plotters to Kurdish nationalists - all of which have culminated in the crisis of modern Turkey.