Acknowledgements Introduction: Approaching the History of the Republic of Turkey Chapter 1 From the Collapse of an Empire to the Rise of a Nation-State (October 1918- October 1923) The End of an Empire (October 1918-March 1920) The National Liberation War (March 1920-October 1922) Planning a Republic (October 1922- 29 October 1923) Box- The Grand National Assembly Chapter 2 Creating Turkey (1923-1928) The Power Struggle (September 1923-March 1925) The Consolidation of the Kemalist Regime (March 1925-June 1926) Shaping the New Nation-State (July 1926-1928) Box- Ankara: the Creation of a Capital Chapter 3 Consolidating the Nation (1929-1939) Institutionalizing the Republic (1929-1933) The Turkish Revolution in Practice (1933-1937) The Turkish Prelude to the Second World War (Autumn 1937-Autumn 1939) Box- Halkevi Chapter 4 The Ordeal of the Second World War (1939-1945) Preparing for the Second World War (September 1939-June 1942) Weathering the Second World War (July 1942-August 1944) Moving into a New Era (August 1944-May 1945) Box- Köy Enstitüsü Radio Chapter 5 Multi-Party Politics in a Bipolar World (1945-1954) Transition to Multi-Party Politics (May 1945-January 1949) On the Way to Elections (January 1949-May 1950) Testing Multi-Party Politics (May 1950-1954) Box- "On the ''23'' Cent Soldier": the Korean War (1950-1953) and Turkish Public Opinion Chapter 6 Populist Politics and the Politicization of the Military (1954-1961) Authoritarian Politics (1954-1957) The Road to the Coup (October 1957-May 1960) The Coup (May 1960-1961) Box- Tea Chapter 7 The Rise of Political Diversity (1961-1969) Transition to Civilian Politics (October 1961-November 1963) International Crises (November 1963-February 1965) The Nature of Politics (February 1965-October 1969) Box- Yesilçam Cinema and Turkish Society Chapter 8 The Search for Alternative Politics (1969-1977) Descent into Violence (1969-1971) The Coup and its Aftermath (March 1971-1974) Troubled Years (October 1973-1977) Box- Gecekondu Chapter 9 The Anatomy of a Military Coup (1977-1983) Road to the Coup (June 1977-December 1979) The Construction of the Coup (December 1979-1982) A New Order (November 1982-1983) Box- Arabesk Chapter 10 The Rise of Neo-Liberal Politics (1983-1991) The Golden Years of Populism and Neoliberalism (April 1983-1987) The Waning Star of ANAP (1987-1989) Turkey in a Changing World (November 1989-1991) Box- Television Chapter 11 Political Instability and Economic Crises (1991-2002) A New Era of Coalition Governments (1991-May 1993) State off the Rails (May 1993-November 1998) Turkey into the New Millenium (November 1998-November 2002) Box- Political Satire Chapter 12 The Rule of ''Moderate Islam'' (2002-2010) Hopeful Years (2002-March 2004) Divided Politics, Divided Society (March 2004-July 2007) Reshaping Politics (July 2007-September 2010) Box- The Mass Housing Administration: TOKI Chapter 13 The End of the Separation of Powers (2010-March 2019) Cementing in the New Regime (2010-2013) Power Struggles and New Alliances (Summer 2013-July 2016) The Final Episode in the Regime Change (July 2016-March 2019) Box- The Political Power of the Tarikat s EpilogueThe Challenge to Patrimonial Sultanism (March 2019-April 2026) Box- The Istanbul Convention.