The Fall of the Turkish Model: How the Arab Uprisings Brought Down Islamic Liberalism - Hardcover

Cihan Tugal

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1784783315 ISBN 13: 9781784783310

Publisher: Verso Books, 2016

Synopsis

Just a few short years ago, the Turkish Model was being hailed across the world. The New York Times gushed that Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Justice and Development Party (AKP) had effectively integrated Islam, democracy, and vibrant economics, making Turkey, according to the International Crisis Group, the envy of the Arab world. And yet, a more recent CNN headline wondered if Erdogan had become a dictator. In this incisive analysis, Cihan Tugal argues that this development runs broader and deeper than Erdogans increasing personal authoritarianism. The problems are inherent in the very model of Islamic liberalism, once lauded in the Western press, that formed the basis of the AKPs ascendancy and rule since 2002an intended marriage of neoliberalism and democracy. And this model can also only be understood as a response to regional politicsespecially to the Iranian Model, a marriage of corporatism and Islamic revolution. The Turkish model was a failure in its home country, and the dynamics of the Arab world made it a tough commodity to export. Tugals masterful explication of the demise of Islamic liberalism brings in Egypt and Tunisia, once seen as the most likely followers of the Turkish model, and provides a path-breaking examination of their regimes and Islamist movements, as well as paradigm-shifting accounts of Turkey and Iran.

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About the Author

Cihan Tugal is the author of Passive Revolution: Absorbing the Islamic Challenge to Capitalism. He is an associate professor of Sociology at the University of California, Berkeley.

Edition details

• Publisher: Verso Books
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1784783315
• ISBN 13: 9781784783310
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 256