Murat Metinsoy
Biographic Data
| ID | 4121159 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Murat Metinsoy |
| GIVEN NAMES | Murat |
| FAMILY NAME | Metinsoy |
| SIGNATURE | METINSOY M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Istanbul University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6399-2014 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Sources of Anti-Secularism in Modern Turkey: A Social History Approach
The secular reforms the young Republic of Turkey launched during the interwar period were one of the most comprehensive modernization schemes in the world history. These extraordinary reforms have been considered as the sole maker of today’s Turkey. The political histories, focusing on formal politics, mostly reduced the social opposition to secularism to a few well-known hapless protests and rebellions. This article, however, argues that modern …
Limits of economic modernization: Smuggling versus monopolies in modern Turkey
Monopolies constituted one of the main institutions to control the economy from the Ottoman Empire to the Republic of Turkey. Over time, monopolies' roles changed from revenue sources for the sultans' treasuries to assigning foreign debts to debtors, creating a Muslim-Turkish bourgeoisie, structuring property relations by commercializing the economy and finally generating revenues for modernization projects. The new Turkish state also used monopo…
Negotiating the price of the new state and republican modernization: Resistance to the agricultural taxes in modern Turkey
After the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, the building of the modern Turkish Republic was financed largely through the taxes extracted from the agricultural economy. Turkey’s economy was largely based on agriculture and accordingly the new state relied heavily on rural resources. Despite the abolition of the tithe, many other agricultural taxes increased remarkably. This paper examines the peasants’ everyday resistance to heavy taxes under the si…
Fragile Hegemony, Flexible Authoritarianism, and Governing From Below: Politicians' Reports in Early Republican Turkey
This article scrutinizes election district and inspection district reports written by the deputies of the Turkish single-party government and the role of these reports in state decision making. Underscoring social discontent and the fragile hegemony of the new regime—both of which motivated the republican elite to monitor state and party administrations and public opinion—the article argues that the practice of reporting was neither a project of …
Fragile Hegemony, Flexible Authoritarianism, and Governing From Below: Politicians' Reports in Early Republican Turkey
This article scrutinizes election district and inspection district reports written by the deputies of the Turkish single-party government and the role of these reports in state decision making. Underscoring social discontent and the fragile hegemony of the new regime—both of which motivated the republican elite to monitor state and party administrations and public opinion—the article argues that the practice of reporting was neither a project of …
Negotiating the price of the new state and republican modernization: Resistance to the agricultural taxes in modern Turkey
After the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, the building of the modern Turkish Republic was financed largely through the taxes extracted from the agricultural economy. Turkey’s economy was largely based on agriculture and accordingly the new state relied heavily on rural resources. Despite the abolition of the tithe, many other agricultural taxes increased remarkably. This paper examines the peasants’ everyday resistance to heavy taxes under the si…
Fragile Hegemony, Flexible Authoritarianism, and Governing From Below: Politicians' Reports in Early Republican Turkey
This article scrutinizes election district and inspection district reports written by the deputies of the Turkish single-party government and the role of these reports in state decision making. Underscoring social discontent and the fragile hegemony of the new regime—both of which motivated the republican elite to monitor state and party administrations and public opinion—the article argues that the practice of reporting was neither a project of …
Negotiating the price of the new state and republican modernization: Resistance to the agricultural taxes in modern Turkey
After the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, the building of the modern Turkish Republic was financed largely through the taxes extracted from the agricultural economy. Turkey’s economy was largely based on agriculture and accordingly the new state relied heavily on rural resources. Despite the abolition of the tithe, many other agricultural taxes increased remarkably. This paper examines the peasants’ everyday resistance to heavy taxes under the si…
Limits of economic modernization: Smuggling versus monopolies in modern Turkey
Monopolies constituted one of the main institutions to control the economy from the Ottoman Empire to the Republic of Turkey. Over time, monopolies' roles changed from revenue sources for the sultans' treasuries to assigning foreign debts to debtors, creating a Muslim-Turkish bourgeoisie, structuring property relations by commercializing the economy and finally generating revenues for modernization projects. The new Turkish state also used monopo…
Sources of Anti-Secularism in Modern Turkey: A Social History Approach
The secular reforms the young Republic of Turkey launched during the interwar period were one of the most comprehensive modernization schemes in the world history. These extraordinary reforms have been considered as the sole maker of today’s Turkey. The political histories, focusing on formal politics, mostly reduced the social opposition to secularism to a few well-known hapless protests and rebellions. This article, however, argues that modern …
Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · State (computer science (3 works) · Turkey's Politics and Society (3 works) · Democracy (2 works) · Economic growth (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Economy (2 works)