Description: "This book analyzes the historical formation, institutional operations, and embodiment (as habitus) of Turkishness, approached as a set of certain schemas for seeing, thinking, feeling, and acting, and certain privileges, real or potential"--
Review Quotes:
"[A] groundbreaking analysis of how Turkish identity operates as an implicit 'contract' that structures privilege and exclusion.... Ünlü's historical-sociological approach illuminates the shift from a 'Muslimness' to 'Turkishness' contract, showing how this transformation shaped national identity and citizenship norms. His use of interviews adds depth, revealing how individuals internalize these dynamics in everyday life. The book's relevance today is striking.... Ünlü's work provides a critical lens for understanding how historical contracts continue to shape power and belonging. Summing Up: Highly recommended."--Choice