Modern Turkey: Past & Present

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This seminar introduces students to the past and present of modern Turkey. We will explore the complex processes of the disintegration of the Ottoman Empire in the aftermath of World War I, the formation of a secular, republican Turkish nation-state, and its dramatic socio-political transformation since the 1950s in response to domestic, regional, and international challenges. We will also discuss how religion has contributed to and/or challenged these processes and how these processes have affected ethno-religious minorities, gender, and class relations.