Pan-Turkism: From Irredentism to Cooperation

Landau's book is important in several respects. . . it provides exhaustive information on almost every pan-Turk publication and all of its authors and publicists. Landau appears to have consulted every conceivable source, including archives and collections . . . In addition, the book is useful to students of pan-nationalism and nationalism, for Landau also expertly places all his information into a larger theoretical context. This contribution to the literature is invaluable. --Journal of Developing Areas

. . . a most worthwhile work, . . . It . . . deserves to be in all library collections on the Middle East. --Perspectives on Political Science

Landau has provided an up-to-date compendium of facts concerning the history of these nationalist ideas and movements. Students of nationalism in general and the politics of post-Soviet Central Asia and the Turkish Republic in particular will remain greatly indebted to [Landau] for some considerable time. --American Political Science Review

An examination of relations between Turks in Turkey and their kin abroad--in Cyprus, the Balkans, and especially in the six ex-Soviet Muslim republics in the Caucasus and Central Asia. This book delineates the special relationship between the new republics and Turkey, which has altered the essence of Pan-Turkism from militant irredentism to practical solidarity in matters political, economic, and cultural.

Author: Jacob M. Landau
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 11/22/1995
Pages: 275
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.79lbs
Size: 8.45h x 5.60w x 0.58d
ISBN: 9780253209603

About the Author

JACOB M. LANDAU is Professor of Political Science at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His previous books include Radical Politics in Modern Turkey; Politics and Islam: The National Salvation Party in Turkey; and Abdul-Hamid's Palestine.