January 23

Turkey: Islam, The State And Society. Peace Research Institute, Frankfurt

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Turkey: Islam and laicism: between the Interests of state, politics, and society This site provides free access to PRIF Reports No. 78 by Cemal Karakas which was published by Peace research Institute, Frankfurt in 2007. ISBN: 978-3-937829-49-4. The 49 page pamphlet critically examines the nature and extent of the process of Islamization (politicization of Islam) which has taken place in Turkey since the 1980s. It includes discussion of the relationship between Islam and politics, focusing upon the activities of the Welfare Party (RP) and the current Justice and Development Party (AKP). From Intute.ac.uk
http://www.hsfk.de/fileadmin/downloads/prif78.pdf
October 29

World Economic Forum...Europe @ Risk Report

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World Economic Forum’s Latest Report Focuses on How Financial Turmoil Will Affect Real Economy
Source: World Economic Forum

The World Economic Forum’s Global Risk Network launched today a new edition of its Europe@Risk report, which is published ahead of the World Economic Forum on Europe and Central Asia (Istanbul, Turkey, 30 October - 1 November 2008). The report examines the global risks most pertinent to Europe, Russia, Eastern Europe, Turkey and Central Asia.

The current financial crisis will have profound effects on the region and its consequences on the real economy are still unfolding. As the report was being prepared, the financial crisis that began in 2007 reached a critical point. Banks on both sides of the Atlantic were bailed out and rescue plans for the financial sector were put in place all over Europe.

The report highlights that the contagion effects of the financial meltdown will affect the real economy of the region. In Western Europe, growth prospects are being revised downwards, industrial production is decreasing in several countries and unemployment is likely to increase. In Central Asia, countries which have high levels of financing through international capital markets will be more vulnerable to the global financial turmoil.

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August 17

Rise Of Political Islam In Turkey

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Rise of political Islam in Turkey
This website provides free access to the full text of a book by Angel Rabasa, F. Stephen Larrabee which was published by RAND in 2008 ISBN 9780833044570.The 138 page book discusses issues relating to the relationship between religion and politics and religion and the state in Turkey. It traces changing trends in the rise of political and radical Islam in Turkey and its implications for international relations and American foreign policy. Intute.ac.uk
http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG726/
June 24

"History From Below": The Ottoman Empire And The Modern Middle East: An Archive

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History from Below in the Ottoman Empire and the Modern Middle East: an archive
This site is a joint project of Binghamton University, SUNY, and the London School of Economics and Politics. It is developing an online clearinghouse to resources of academic value for researching the history of the late Ottoman Empire and the modern Middle East from below. History from below is defined to include resources relating to workers, labouring classes and the popular mass. It includes full text documents, photographs and links to other primary resources. Topics covered include colonialism, workers and the British Empire and the post-colonial world. Countries covered include: Turkey and the Ottoman Empire, Iran, the Middle East and the Arab World. Intute.ac.uk
http://bingiwas.binghamton.edu/~ottmiddl/