Book Review: Turkey in Turmoil, Social Change and Political Radicalization during the 1960s

This book edited by Berna Pekesen provides a detailed evaluation of the 1960s in Turkey by the pioneering specialists of each topic from social, political, economic, and cultural perspectives. This review, after highlighting each paper of the book individually, points out some of the shortcomings of each contribution and levels a number of criticisms to them. It then concludes that the book is an important contribution to the Turkish social science literature.