This book is a critical investigation of the curriculum change in citizenship education in Turkey from 1995 to 2012. Relying on interviews and policy documents, it draws on the conventions of critical discourse analysis and provides a comprehensive account of the ideological evolution of the citizenship education curriculum.

• Cover
• Citizenship Education in Turkey
• Citizenship Education in Turkey: From Militant-Secular to Islamic Nationalism
• Copyright
• Contents
• List of Figure and Tables
  • Figure
  • Tables
• List of Abbreviations
• Acknowledgments
• Chapter 1
  • Introduction
    • Nationalisms and Civic Education in Turkey
    • Scope of Our Investigation
    • Methodology
    • Organization of the Book
• Chapter 2
  • Theorizing Citizenship and Citizenship Education
    • Theorizing Citizenship
    • Education and the Nation-State
    • Citizenship Education Theories
    • Toward a Consensual Model
    • Developments in Citizenship Education
    • Conclusion
• Chapter 3
  • An Instrument for Nation-Building
    • The Period of Single-Party Rule (1923–1950)
    • Period of Military-Controlled Democracy (1950–1999)
    • Period of Civilian Democracy (1999–2012)
    • Conclusion
• Chapter 4
  • Militarization of Citizenship Education
    • Political Context
    • Stages of Curriculum Reform
    • Textbook Analysis
    • Conclusion
    • Notes
• Chapter 5
  • Citizenship Education Curriculum in Transition
    • Political Context
    • The Curriculum Reform in the Pre-AKP Period (1999–2002)
    • The Curriculum Reform in the AKP Period (2002–2008)
    • Textbook Analysis
    • Conclusion
    • Note
• Chapter 6
  • Struggle between Democratization and Islamization (2008–2012)
    • The Council of Europe and Turkey
    • The Council of Europe and Citizenship Education
    • Context and Background: Turkey’s Responses to the EU
    • Curriculum Reform
    • Repeal of the Course
    • Textbook Analysis
    • Conclusion
    • Note
• Chapter 7
  • Conclusion
    • Internal and External Drivers of the Curriculum Reform
    • Changes and Continuities in the Citizenship Education Curriculum
    • Changing Ways of Curriculum Development
    • Curriculum Reform after 2012
    • Way Forward
• Appendix
  • 1. ARCHIVAL DOCUMENTS
  • 2. Comparison of Textbooks
• References
• Index
• About the Authors