Nora Fisher Onar on Turkish political history beyond binaries

28/10/2025 31 min Episodio 232
Nora Fisher Onar on Turkish political history beyond binaries

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Nora Fisher Onar on “Contesting Pluralism(s): Islamism, Liberalism, and Nationalism in Turkey and Beyond” (Cambridge University Press). The book challenges the common belief that a binary contest between "Islam" and "secularism" is the driving force behind Turkey's modern history.
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