Contemporary Turkey at a Glance: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Local and Translocal DynamicsAuthor: Kristina Kamp, Ayhan Kaya, E. Fuat Keyman, Ozge Onursal Besgu Published by Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden ISBN: 978-3-658-04915-7 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-658-04916-4Table of Contents:Preface Introduction Architectural Memorialization at Turkey’s ›Witness Sites‹: The Case of the Madimak Hotel On The Path of Pir Sultan? Engagement with Authority in the Modern Alevi Movement The Institutional History of Family Planning in Turkey Civil Society in Turkey: A Reading of Kadin Gazetesi through a Gramscian Lens New Turkish Citizenship? Contestation of Muslim Women and LGBT Organizations Islamist Party Identity in Right-Wing Milieus: The Case of the National Outlook Movement in Kayseri (1960 – 1980) Headscarf in the Context of Precarious Work: A Critical Approach to the Headscarf Discussion in Turkey Competing or Compatible Language Identities in Istanbul’s Kurdish Workplaces? Market Embedded Transnationalism: Citizenship Practices of Turkish Elites The Digital Bridge Between Turkey and Germany: Transnational Use of Digital Media in the Turkish Diaspora »Homeland« in »Dreamland«? Space and Identity in Göçmen Konutlari ›Inclusion‹ and ›Exclusion‹: Transnational Experiences of Turkish and Kurdish Youth in London, Appropriating the Past -- Challenging Authority: Public Contention and Identity Negotiation -- Translocal Dynamics, Turkey has witnessed significant social, cultural, and political change over the last decades. This transformation has manifested itself in all segments of society and resulted in the alteration of political ideologies and institutions. The twelve authors of this volume shed light on the complexities of a changing Turkey through an interdisciplinary perspective. Their application of novel conceptual approaches and methodologies make this book a unique contribution to the study of modern Turkey.   Content Appropriating the Past.- Challenging Authority: Public Contention and Identity Negotiation.- Translocal Dynamics   Target Groups Social, political, historical and cultural scientists   The Editors Ayhan Kaya is Senior Professor of Politics at the Department of International Relations, Jean Monnet Chair of European Politics of Interculturalism, Director of the European Institute at Istanbul Bilgi University and a Member of Science Academy, Turkey. E. Fuat Keyman is Director of Istanbul Policy Center and Professor of International Relations at Sabancı University. Özge Onursal Beşgül is Assistant Professor at Istanbul Bilgi University in the Department of International Relations and the European Institute. Kristina Kamp is Ph.D. Candidate at Humboldt University of Berlin