With the exception of Ray Bergmann’s comments in curly brackets} and the concluding paragraphs on “Patriarchy, Governance and Violence in Turkey” (analysing a lecture given on 19 May 2016 by Deniz Kandiyoti) this is an extract from the 26 October 2015 article by Karabekir Akkoyunlu, Assistant Professor of Modern Turkey at the Centre for Southeast European Studies, University of Graz: Old Demons in New Faces?… Go to Article