A two-volume edited book on Conservatism. Volume I will focus on Conservative Theory and volume II will present detailed accounts of various conservative movements in different countries. Peter Dorey, Nagy Levente and Agnès Alexandre-Collier are among the contributers.

This is a source book on the political parties of Turkey founded in the period between the establishment of the republic in the country up to 2006. All of the 277 political parties founded within that period are included in the book, and detailed information about each of these parties is presented. First edition was published by one of the most renown publishers of Turkey, the İmge Publishing. A second edition is planned to be published in 2010.

This article presents a detailed account of the radical democracy project with a particular focus on Laclau's and Mouffe's writings, and their relation with post-foundationalism.

This article focuses on the resemblances between neoconservatism and the classical conservatism. Against the dominant view which proposes that the pro-active style of neoconservative politics differentiates it from the reactive politics of the classicals, it concludes that classical conservatism is as 'ideational' as any other political ideology, and hence, their stance against status quo cannot differentiate them substantially from the neoconservatives.

"It is precisely at this moment when the substantial bond between tradition and presence is broken, or when it is admitted that such a bond had never been existed, that the pandora's box is opened for conservatism and the whole conservative project turns out to be a kind of praxis, a creative act. Pointing at the lack of such a bond will allow one to comprehend the unsettled, and even contradictory arguments observed between the lines of every conservative text. (...) This lack is the reason to regard all traditions as artifacts."

This work offers an introduction to Derrida's philosophy and his deconstructive reading, through its misreading in the Turkish literature of social sciences.

This is a 2,300 words entry on Conservatism. It is published in the Dictionary of Political Concepts, and is intended to present a brief outline of the conservative ideology and its variants.

Radical conservatism, a reactionary style of thought defending and resurrecting ‘authentic culture and traditions against an ‘invasive global culture’ can provide the key theoretical framework to signify and interpret a change in the political discourse of the Turkish military. In the first decade of the 2000s numerous radical conservative themes have begun to appear in the official declarations of the military and the speeches of its highest ranking commanders and this development indicates a departure of the military from its traditional pro-western stance. We suggest this conversion has been triggered by the legitimacy crisis of the Turkish military and its privileged position in the political system.

Rather than reducing the problem to ethno-cultural characteristics, we explain the persistence of customary killings in Turkey through the shortcomings of the Turkish modernization project. As we argue, the problem persists because of the failure of modernization to have a real impact on rural regions, and of the conceptualization of woman by the modernizing elite as an object to be moulded. Also, by utilizing proverbs and novels we address the prevalent patriarchal culture which endorses customary killings but, far from being problematised, it is even promoted by this project. As an alternative to this we propose a more critical and deliberative modernization.