M. Hakan Yavuz is professor of political science at the
University of Utah. He has published widely on Islam, nationalism,
the Kurdish question, and modern Turkish politics.
Bayram Balcı is a researcher at the Centre for Research and
International Studies (CERI-Sciences Po) in Paris. From 2006 to
2010 he was the director of the French Institute of Central-Asian
Studies (IFEAC) in Tashkent, and from 2012 to 2014 he was a
visiting fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
in Washington, DC.
“Turkey’s July 15th Coup is the one indispensable book addressing
the still mystifying attempted coup of 2016, including clearly
identifying the perpetrators and depicting the dramatic causes and
effects in an illuminating, balanced, informed, and judicious
manner. Turkey these days is so often distorted by polarized
scholarship that the objectivity exhibited by the contributors to
this volume is especially welcome and valuable, lending authority
to their various interpretations.”
—Richard A. Falk, author of Power Shift: On the New Global Order
“Here, all in one volume, is the best analysis of the failed coup
that has shaken Turkey and transformed the political system. This
is the most comprehensive and rigorous study of the clash between
the Gulen movement and the AK Party. Yavuz and Balci, who spent two
decades in dissecting both the GÜlen movement and Turkish politics,
provide a very convincing and in depth interdisciplinary study of
the background of the crisis. Absolutely indispensable to
understand the present turn of Turkish politics.”
—Olivier Roy, Professor, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced
Studies, European University Institute “A comprehensive text that
critically examines the social genealogy of the GÜlen Movement and
its structure and evolution over time and space. Witten by leading
specialists on the movement, the book fills an important gap in the
literature and provides lessons and warnings about the use and
abuse of the sacred in the public sphere.”
—Fawaz A. Gerges, Author of ISIS: A History (Princeton University
Press, 2017) “A monumentally important work, the first
comprehensive treatment in English to unveil the role of Fethullah
GÜlen in the orchestration of the attempted coup of July 15th 2016.
This well-researched and original book, written by the top scholars
in the field, is required reading for anyone seeking to understand
the rise of the GÜlenist movement in Turkey.”
—Dr. Edward J. Erickson, Scholar-in-Residence, State University of
New York at Cortland “Two seasoned scholars brilliantly brought
together the selected experts in this first academic book analyzing
the role of the GÜlen Movement in the 2016 coup attempt in Turkey.
It will be good reading not only for students of politics and
sociology but also for the politicians who are willing to learn
lessons from history.”
—Tamer Balcı, associate professor of history, The University of
Texas Rio Grande Valley
“An incisive, well-written study that not only will be the
definitive account of the attempted Gulenist coup, but also a
heuristic interpretation of its important ramifications for the
future of US-Turkish relations and the Turkish government. … This
book constitutes a valuable study for government practitioners,
academic scholars and the attentive lay public.”—Middle East Policy
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