by Cengiz Çandar (Author), Eugene Rogan (Foreword by) Providing a unique record of the authoritarian, centralist and ultra-nationalist nature of the Turkish state manifested in Erdoğan's "New Turkey," Çandar challenges stereotyped and conventional views on Turkey and details account of the encounter between Turkey and the Kurds in historical perspective with special emphasis on failed peace processes. Author Biography Cengiz Çandar is a distinguished visiting scholar at the Stockholm University Institute for Turkish Studies.He is a scholar and journalist, is the leading expert in Turkey on the Middle East, the main architect of the Turkish-Kurdish rapprochement as President Turgut Özal's advisor in the 1990s. Number of Pages: 348 Dimensions: 0.72 x 9 x 6 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: December 21, 2021