This book examines Turkey's unstable and contradictory modern history, as Turks are faced with joining the West and preserving their own culture and the emergence of Islamicism contributes to the question of safety



Turkey's modern history has been unstable and contradictory. National identity continues to be an issue as Turks are faced with joining the West and preserving their own culture. The emergence of Islamicism contributes to the question of how safe the secular constitutional democracy is.