Political Violence in Turkey, 1975-1980
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Author_Benjamin Gourisse
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MHP
Milliyetci Hareket Partisi
Nationalist Movement Party
Political Sociology
Political Violence
State
Turkey
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- ISBN 9780755646470
- Weight: 500g
- Dimensions: 168 x 240mm
- Publication Date: 23 Mar 2023
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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This book examines the period of political violence in Turkey between 12 March 1971 and 12 September 1980. It sets out a close analysis of the tactics used by the various protagonists in the conflict, showing how they took over public institutions, the first of which was the police. This book challenges the myth of a ‘strong’ Turkish state viewed as authoritative and autonomous from society, instead reflecting a state that was unable to contain the political mobilisation actually taking place. In the book, Benjamin Gourisse analyses the structure, mobilisation, and strategies of antagonistic radical political groups caught up in this dynamic of violence, including the far-left organisations and the Nationalist Movement, comprising the Nationalist Movement Party and its satellite organisations. Gourisse demonstrates that from 1975 to 1980, the state was never “out of play”. Quite the contrary, in fact, for its institutions, together with the practices, beliefs, and representations of their members and users, were central to the processes constituting the crisis.
Benjamin Gourisse is Professor of Political Science at Sciences Po Toulouse, France. His research focuses on the political sociology of contemporary Turkey, including state sociology, political parties, the armed forces, and state-society relations. He co-edited Order and Compromise. Government Practices in Turkey from the Late Ottoman Empire to the Early 21st Century (2015) and is the author of numerous peer-reviewed journal articles.
