Reconciling Cultural and Political Identities in a Globalized World: Perspectives on Australia-Turkey Relations

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Michális Michael
Springer, Apr 29, 2016 - Political Science - 298 pages
Though geographically far apart, Turkey and Australia are much closer than many would think. This collection provides a relevant, comparative and comprehensive study of two countries seeking to reconcile their history with their geography.
 

Contents

New Perspectives between Old Foes
1
Ottoman Turkish and Australasian Myths about the Dardanelles Campaigns
19
Traders Foes and Citizens
45
Empire Nation and Diversity in Multicultural Turkey and Australia
63
5 Australia and Turkey in Postsecular Perspectives
91
The Islamic State Movement and the Challenge of Rising Extremism
113
Impact on Turkey and Presence in Australia
135
Conflicting Discourses Reconciling Divides and Dialogical Engagement
157
9 Reassessing Turkeys Relationships with Its Neighbours
185
The Evolution of a Multihyphenated Community and the Impact of Transnational Events
211
The Turkish State AKP and Cultural Politics in Australia
227
12 occupygezi How an Istanbul Park Ignited the Turkish Spring
247
Bibliography
267
Index
285
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Ibrahim Abraham, University of Helsinki, Finland Greg Barton, Monash University, Australia Desmond Cahill, RMIT University, Australia William Hale, University of London, UK Christopher Houston, Macquarie University, Australia Ahmet ?çduygu, Koç University, Turkey Christine Inglis, University of Sydney, UK Andrew Jakubowicz, University of Technology, Australia Adrian Jones, La Trobe University, Australia Erdem Koç, La Trobe University, Australia Umut Parmaksiz, University of Bristol, UK Çemen Polat, Monash University, Australia Banu Senay, Macquarie University, Australia Ihsan Yilmaz, Fatih University, Turkey

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