Religious minorities in Turkey : Alevi, Armenians, and Syriacs and the struggle to desecuritize religious freedom /: Alevi, Armenians, and Syriacs and the struggle to desecuritize religious freedom. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Mehmet Bardakci, Annette Freyberg-Inan, Christoph Giesel, Olaf Leisse.
• Authors: Bardakçı, Mehmet Necmettin, 1957-; Freyberg-Inan, Annette; Giesel, Christoph; Leisse, Olaf
• Contents: Introduction -- European integration and minority rights -- Securitization and desecuritization of minority rights -- The Alevi, the AKP government and the Alevi initiative -- The ambivalent situation of Turkey's Armenians: between collective historial trauma and psychological repression, loyal citizenship and minority status, social integration and discrimination, assimilation and self-assertion -- Like a drop in the ocean: the last Syriacs in Turkey in a maelstrom of nationalism, islamism, assimilation, and diverging socio-political interest -- General and comparative analysis -- Conclusions -- Appendix A: Survey and interview questions -- Appendix B: Interviews with Alevi NGO leaders and experts -- Appendix C: Interviews with Armenian institutional representatives and activists -- Appendix D: Interviews with Syriac institutional representatives and activists -- Appendix E: Expert interviews.
• Publisher Details: London : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 200.9561; Political science; Religious minorities -- Turkey; Alevis -- Turkey; Armenians -- Turkey; Freedom of religion -- Turkey; RELIGION -- Comparative Religion; RELIGION -- Essays; RELIGION -- Reference; Alevis; Armenians; Freedom of religion; Religious minorities; Political Science -- History & Theory; Social Science -- Sociology of Religion; Political science & theory; Religious issues & debates; Europe-Politics and government; World politics; Religion and sociology; Politics & government; Turkey; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137270269; 1137270268
• Related ISBNs: 9781137270252; 113727025X
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed February 18, 2017).
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