The Effect of the Arab Spring on the Transformation of Turkish Conservative Tradition and Policies

• Authors: Ertan Özensel , Gökhan Bozbas
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The Arab Spring was carrying its satisfying wind of freedom while people in Turkey were observing the revolutions, praising events from a far-removed territory, and supporting their regional friends who were achieving liberation from outmoded dictatorial rules. Some observing academics and politicians assert that the Turkish political experience can be a good model for the Arab Spring countries. In contrast to this assertion however, this paper will focus on the reverse direction affects, namely the influence of the Arab Spring on Turkey and Turkish society. The Arab Spring and its re-created common values have given the Turkish policy makers an opportunity and a chance for dramatic transformation and hence the need for some fresh and innovative imagination.

Keywords

EN

Arab Spring; Turkish; Turkey

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Kultur Śródziemnomorskich i Orientalnych PAN
• Journal: Hemispheres. Studies on Cultures and Societies
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 29
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 29-55

Contributors

author

Ertan Özensel

• Department of Sociology at the Selcuk University, Turkey

author

Gökhan Bozbas

• Ph.D. Candidate and Research Asistant at the Necmettin Erkaban University