Religious minorities in Turkey : Alevi, Armenians, and Syriacs and the struggle to desecuritize religious freedom /

This book considers the key issue of Turkey's treatment of minorities in relation to its complex paths of both European integration and domestic and international reorientation. The expectations of Turkey's EU and other international counterparts, as well as important domestic demands, hav...

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Main Authors:	Bardakçı, Mehmet Necmettin, 1957- (Author), Freyberg-Inan, Annette (Author), Giesel, Christoph (Author), Leisse, Olaf (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Palgrave Macmillan, [2017]
Subjects:	Religious minorities > Turkey. Minorities > Civil rights > Turkey. Freedom of religion > Turkey. Religion and politics > Turkey. Alevis > Turkey. Armenians > Turkey. Syriac Christians > Turkey. Turkey > Politics and government > 1980- European Union countries > Relations > Turkey. Turkey > Relations > European Union countries.

Table of Contents:

Introduction
European integration and minority rights
Securitization and desecuritization of minority rights
The Alevi, the AKP government and the Alevi initiative
The ambivalent situation of Turkey's Armenians: between collective historial trauma and psychological repression, loyal citizenship and minority status, social integration and discrimination, assimilation and self-assertion
Like a drop in the ocean: the last Syriacs in Turkey in a maelstrom of nationalism, islamism, assimilation, and diverging socio-political interest
General and comparative analysis
Conclusions
Appendix A: Survey and interview questions
Appendix B: Interviews with Alevi NGO leaders and experts
Appendix C: Interviews with Armenian institutional representatives and activists
Appendix D: Interviews with Syriac institutional representatives and activists
Appendix E: Expert interviews.