Aksaray (White Palace), Ankara 5, 57, 360
Akşener, Meral 345, 346, 351, 361
al-Assad, Asma 104
al-Assad, Basel 103
al-Assad, Bashar xiii, 6, 9, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 48, 51, 53, 103–6, 107, 108, 109, 111, 113, 114, 115, 116, 125, 128, 130, 143, 145, 147, 149, 150, 176, 177, 186, 187
al-Assad, Hafez 41, 48, 51, 103, 166, 168
al-Assad, Maher 149
al-Gaddafi, Colonel Muammar 39, 42, 104, 105, 107, 113
Al-Qaeda xiii, 47, 49, 50, 108, 109, 125, 126, 127, 143, 169, 178, 196
al-Saleh, Abdulkader (nom de guerre, Hajji Marea) 45–6, 50, 51
Alawites 53, 106, 148, 241
Albayrak, Berat (Erdoğan’s son-in-law) xi, 12, 277, 278–81, 285, 359; ‘Berat’s Box’ (leaked emails) 279–80, 284
Albayrak, Serhat 278
Aldirma, Birsen 222–3, 224–5
Aldirma, Deniz 223, 227
Aldirma, Derya 223
Aldirma, Feyzullah 222–3, 224, 225, 226–7, 241, 242
Aldush, Nabil 138–40
Aleppo, Syria 39, 43–51, 107–8, 109–12, 125–9, 130–1, 140, 143, 146–7, 149–50, 162, 176, 183–4, 186, 296, 313
Alevis 106, 157
Aliriza, Nesibe 314–15, 319–20
Aliriza, Vahid 315, 316, 317, 318, 319, 320, 321
Alparslan, Sultan 337
Altaç, Nazlı Tanburacı 213–15
Altan, Ahmet 204
Altan, Mehmet 204
Amed, Farkin 192–3
Amed, Mehmet 192–3
Anadolu news agency 55, 216, 352, 353
Anatolia, Turkey 24, 56, 63, 77, 84, 157, 159, 160–1, 163, 169, 220, 225, 226, 234, 256, 271, 287, 315, 337, 354–5
Anavatan Party (Motherland Party, or ANAP) 85
Angels Resort, Marmaris 75, 79, 93, 287
Anglo-Turkish Society 284
Anıtkabir mausoleum, Ankara 29–30, 226, 238, 246, 339–40
Ankara, Turkey 20, 22, 24, 27, 29–30, 55, 56, 160, 166, 203, 206, 207, 226, 228, 229, 234, 238, 241, 265, 266, 275, 284, 286, 287, 288, 289, 290, 292, 294, 295, 298, 299, 308–9, 310, 313, 318, 324–5, 326, 328–9, 334, 351, 352, 354, 357, 358, 363
Antakya, Turkey 9, 10, 11, 51, 52, 53, 123, 124, 143, 185, 186, 225, 241, 332, 362
Arab Spring (2010–12) 38, 47, 101, 105, 113
Arınç, Bülent 64, 359
Armenians 56, 157, 164, 200, 226, 233, 242, 243, 271, 275, 306, 354, 356
Arter (political marketing agency) 63, 64, 65–6, 68–9, 209, 348
Atatürk airport, Istanbul 185, 186, 203, 205, 207, 210, 289
Atatürk Cultural Centre, Istanbul 209–10, 342
Atatürk, Latife 192, 232, 234, 240
Atatürk, Makbule 240
Atatürk, Mustafa Kemal xii, 3, 36, 63, 202, 220, 284, 347; adopts children 240; Anıtkabir mausoleum and 29–30, 238, 246, 340; appearance 29–30 see also images of; army as guardians of secularity and 32, 33–4; army service 23–4, 29, 333, 339, 340, 341; Atatürkköy (Atatürk Village) and 364; Cadillac Atatürk and 226–7; ceremonial sword 226; character 22–5, 240; CHP and xiii, 22, 25, 28, 171, 228, 229, 233; cult of 3–4, 13–14, 22, 29–31, 33–4, 36, 52, 56, 168, 209–10, 222–43, 323–5, 339–42, 350, 364–5; death xv, 35, 323–5; descendants of 222–7, 236, 239–40, 242–3, 245–6; Erdoğan and see Erdoğan, Recep Tayyip; fez, law banning the 33; First World War and 23–4, 29, 333, 339, 340, 341; followers, character of 25–6; founds Turkish Republic xv, 24–5, 157–63, 252; Gallipoli battle (1915) and 23, 29, 333, 339, 340; Hat Revolution and 33, 241; Hatay province and 222–7, 236, 240–3, 245; heir, lack of 239–40; image of on mountainside 364–5; images of 3, 14, 29–31, 52, 56, 63, 168, 202, 209–10, 222, 227–33, 265, 303, 339–41, 347, 350, 364–5; impersonator 233–9; insulting or defiling image of 30, 52, 63, 227–33, 347; Jews and 305; jokes about 233; Kemalists and 33, 34, 61, 76, 85, 90, 95, 101, 190, 201, 255, 265, 268, 270, 271, 303, 305, 307, 337, 340–1, 351; Kurds and 34, 156, 157, 163–7, 169–70; language reforms 25, 30, 158–61, 164–5, 169, 228, 230, 241, 305; Law 5816 and 227–33; legacy 25–6, 28, 29–31, 33–4, 35, 239–43, 342; legend/life of 22–5; Long Speech (1927) 231–2; marriage 232; Mustafa (documentary) 232; narrative of Turkish history/Outline of Turkish History and 157–61; Öcalan and 168, 169–70; portrait of, first known 340–1; statues, Ticanis attacks upon 228–9; Turkish war of independence (1919–23) and 24, 226, 232, 234, 236, 237, 243, 307, 316, 325, 334; wife (Latife) 192, 232, 234, 240; woman’s rights and 25, 33
Atilla, Mehmet Hakan 98–9, 100
Bahçeli, Devlet 361
Babacan, Ali 88, 99, 285
Bağış, Egemen 285–6
Balkans 23, 84, 102, 123, 225–6, 243, 254, 295, 307, 329, 358, 365
Bank Asya 218
Barzani, Masoud 157, 188
Bayezid II, sultan 301
BDP (Barış ve Demokrasi Partisi) (Peace and Democracy Party) 179, 193
Bear, Lord Mayor Michael 290–2
Ben Ali, Zine El Abidine 39, 48, 107
Bera (hotel), The 73–4
‘Berat’s Box’ (Berat Albayrak’s leaked emails) 279–80
Besli, Hüseyin xi, 58–9, 60–1, 66
Bharara, Preet 97, 98
BirGün 172
Blue Mosque suicide bombings, Istanbul (2016) 203
Bosphorus Bridge, Istanbul 1, 2, 18–19, 28, 63, 73, 206, 207 see also 15th July Martyrs Bridge, Istanbul
Bosphorus Centre for Global Affairs, The, Istanbul 267, 268–9, 272, 276, 279–80, 286, 295–9
Boston Marathon bombing (2013) 113
Bozdağ, Bekir 98, 216, 277
Britain 23, 77, 140, 169, 313, 324, 326; Brexit and Turkish relationship 70, 72, 281–8, 295, 358; Boris Johnson and Turkish relationship 281–8; Gülenists in 83; Lord Mayor of London visits Istanbul (2011) 290–2; MPs and Lords visits to Turkey linked to Bosphorus Centre 297–9; Syrian Civil War and xiii, 111, 112, 115, 116, 332, 333; trade between Turkey and/importance of Turkish relationship 288–95; Turkish diaspora in 70–2
Bugün 93, 287
Bulgaria 135, 139, 225, 360
Business Network 284–5, 287
Çağlayan Justice Palace, Istanbul 213–14
Çağlayan, Mehmet Zafer 97, 98
Çalık Holding 278–9
Cameron, David 282, 286, 287, 289, 290
Çanakkale (Gallipoli) Day (2018) 333 see also Gallipoli, battle of
Caprice Hotel, The, Didim 75–7, 78, 79
Çelik, Mehmet 182, 184
Çelik, Sertip 182, 184
CHP (Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi) (Republican People’s Party) xiii, 22, 27, 68, 86, 87, 89, 93, 106, 171, 228, 229, 232, 233, 234, 236, 246, 265, 271, 274, 305, 346, 349, 351–3, 358
City Bridge Trust 294–5
City of London Corporation 289–90, 293, 294–5
Cizre, Turkey 152–5, 191, 193, 196, 199
CNN Türk 95, 206, 268–9
Cumhuriyet 86, 229–30, 232
Daily Sabah 269–70, 297–8
Daily Telegraph 293–4
Damascus, Syria 38–42, 44, 48, 51, 103, 104, 105, 113, 115, 123, 134, 139, 143, 145, 146, 148, 149, 166, 176
Davutoğlu, Ahmet xi, 31–2, 102–3, 105, 106, 107, 112, 117, 283, 285, 287, 295, 357, 359; political assassination of 273–8, 279, 281, 282, 286, 295; Strategic Depth 102
Demirtaş, Selahattin xii, xiii, 191, 196, 200, 274, 345–7, 351
Demokrat Partisi 227–31, 233, 364
Dialogue Society, The 83
Diyanet (religious agency) 79–80, 259
Diyarbakır, Turkey 32, 55–6, 156–7, 163, 167, 171, 172, 173, 182, 184, 189, 191, 192, 193–5, 199–202, 203, 212, 312, 351
Doğan, Aydın/Doğan News Agency 95
Dolmabahçe agreement (retracted agreement to permanently end war with PKK) 276
Dolmabahçe palace, Istanbul 236, 323–4
Dörtyol, Turkey 224, 225, 240, 242, 243
Dündar, Can 232–3
Eastern
Express 354–6, 362
Edhem, Emma 293–4
Efendi, Abdurrahman 223, 225, 240
Egypt 21, 22, 39, 47–8, 68, 105, 107, 111, 115, 118, 121, 122, 251, 307; Muslim Brotherhood in 22, 115, 251–2
Elçi, Tahir 172, 189
Elçi, Türkan 189
Erbakan, Necmettin xi, xiv, xv, 60, 64, 76, 80–1, 171, 255–6, 257
Erdoğan, Ahmet (Erdoğan’s father) 247
Erdoğan, Ahmet (Erdoğan’s son) 339
Erdoğan, Bilal (Erdoğan’s son) 339
Erdoğan, Emine (Erdoğan’s wife) 5, 10, 12, 97, 105, 294, 296, 360
Erdoğan, Esra (Erdoğan’s daughter) 278
Erdoğan, Recep Tayyip xi, xii; AKP party origins and 65–6, 68; AKP party congress (2017) and 11–12; AKP, relationship with xiii, xvi, 5–6, 11–12, 31, 32, 52, 53, 65–6, 68, 72, 84–5, 86–8, 89, 93, 171, 191, 200, 221, 228, 273–6, 277, 279, 286, 297, 307, 358–60; Aksaray (White Palace) and 5, 57, 360; album (Bu şarkı burada bitmez) (This Song Does Not End Here), releases from jail (1999) 61–2; appearance 31, 54–5, 57, 58, 248; Arter and 63–9, 209, 348; Assad and 105–6, 107, 113, 114; Atatürk and 13–14, 22, 29–36, 209–10, 231, 342, 344; Barzani and 188; Boris Johnson and 284; brand 54–64; Britain and 284, 288–9, 293–4, 295; childhood 228, 247–8; commander-in-chief role 325–7; constitutional referendum, wins (2017) xvi, 6, 11, 14, 27, 224, 242–3, 245–7, 250, 260, 261, 263–6, 336, 345, 353; construction projects and 4, 19, 257, 259, 260, 279, 290, 291–3, 300, 342, 345; corruption/Iranian gold-dealing scandal (2013) and 90–100, 339; coup attempt (2016) and xvi, 1, 2, 3, 8, 13, 15, 17–21, 34, 72, 150, 204–5, 206, 207, 208, 209–11, 212, 217, 221, 238, 288, 325–6, 330–1, 333, 334, 337, 339, 344, 347, 357, 361–2; coup (2016) anniversary and 15, 17–21, 27, 28, 238; Daily Telegraph, defamation case against 293–4; Davos (2009) and 308–9; Davutoğlu and see Davutoğlu, Ahmet; Egyptian military coup (2013) and 115; elites and 257–63; EU and xvi, 35, 52, 65, 82, 87, 144, 146, 171, 195, 207, 221, 281, 282, 283, 286–7, 356, 357–8, 359, 360; EU refugee deal (2016) and xvi, 82, 141–6, 195, 281, 283, 286, 357, 360; family xi, 12, 192, 232, 234, 240, 247, 258, 262, 267, 277, 278–9, 280, 281, 338, 339, 359; Gezi Park protests and 31, 53, 114–15, 190–1, 268–9, 277; Göksel Kaya and 236; Gülen/Gülenists and 13, 27, 81–2, 84–5, 89–100, 101, 102, 207, 217, 220, 361–2; halal travellers/tourism and 77; headscarf ban and 270–1; inauguration (July 2018), guest list for 360; Israel/Palestine and 102, 307–11; Istanbul mayor xv, 60, 61, 62, 63, 73, 76, 255–6, 277, 285, 292, 342; Istanbul power base 247–8; jailed for reciting Islamist poem at a rally (1998) xv, 35, 61–3, 64, 68, 76; Jews and 306–7; journalists and see journalists; Kurds and 8, 12, 32, 34, 56, 95, 154, 167, 171–2, 181, 184–5, 187–8, 189–91, 200–2, 208, 209, 330, 332–6, 339, 344, 345, 351, 361; Law 5651 and 231; law barring from taking public office 68, 89; liberals and 85–90; lies/fabrications 35–6, 337–9; Lindsay Lohan and 295–6; lucky timing and success of 34; mayor of Beyoğlu 60; Menderes and 228, 231; MHP and 191; MSP and xiv, 60–1; Operation Euphrates Shield (2016) and 330–1, 332; Operation Olive Branch (Afrin, Syria) (2018) and 332–6, 339, 344, 345; original postmodern populist 8; peacemaker to warmonger, descent of image from 189–90; personality 35, 57–8, 60, 72; personality cult 3, 12, 14, 15, 31–3, 36, 52, 53; president, becomes Turkey’s first directly elected (2014) xvi, 11, 53, 54, 69, 90, 273, 307, 312, 347, 353; presidential elections (2018) xvi, 336, 342, 343–62; prime minister, becomes (2003) xv, 68, 88, 89, 257; Reis (film) and 228, 247–8; resigns as Prime Minister (2014) 11, 53; root of appeal 32–3; runs for parliament for the first time (1991) 60; second war of independence, claims Turkey is embroiled in its 334; sovereign wealth fund, appoints himself head of Turkey’s 294; Syrian War/refugees and 8, 34, 35, 53, 101, 102–18, 144, 145, 146, 149, 150, 154, 180, 183, 184–5, 187–8, 189, 295–8, 307, 312–13, 320, 330–5, 336, 339, 344, 345; Turkish Army and 1–3, 85, 86, 87, 90, 101, 204–11, 309, 325–39, 359–60, 361; United States and 88–9, 97–100, 101, 112–17, 187, 188, 207, 208, 211, 248, 297, 299, 300–1, 307, 332, 339; university degree 338–9; Uzun Adam (Tall Guy) nickname 248; Victory Day and 238; wealth 5; Welfare Party and (Refah Partisi, or RP) and 60, 255–6; West, possibility of turning back on 5; working-class roots 5, 247–8; world is bigger than five catchphrase 297
Erdoğan, Sümeyye (Erdoğan’s daughter) 258, 262
Erez, Fırat 268, 269, 272, 280–1, 286
Esoğlu, Kadir 212–14
Esoğlu, şükriye 212–14
Esoğlu, şükrü 212–14
Euphrates Shield, Operation (2016) 330–1, 332
European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) 211, 219–20
European Union xiv, xvi, 35, 356; Dublin Agreement (1990) 139; Erdoğan and see Erdoğan, Recep Tayyip; migrant crisis and 35, 82, 123, 139, 140, 141–6, 195, 281, 283, 286, 357, 360; refugee deal with Turkey (2016) xvi, 82, 141–6, 195, 281, 283, 286, 357, 360; Turkish coup attempt (2016) and 207, 211, 221; Turkish membership of 6, 52, 71, 72, 82, 86, 87, 89, 144, 170, 171,281–2, 285, 286–7, 357–9; visa-free travel, promise to Turks 144, 146, 281, 283, 286, 357
Evet Kafe (Yes Café), The, Çekmeköy 249–50
Evren, General Kenan 255, 328
Facebook 31, 39, 50, 124, 198, 215, 282–3, 296
Fatih Mosque, Istanbul 62–3
Fedder, Robin 155, 156
Feza 94
15th July Martyrs Bridge, Istanbul 18–19, 236 see also Bosphorus Bridge, Istanbul
First Bullet Museum, The, Dörtyol 242, 243
First World War (1914–18) 23–4, 29, 160, 183, 230, 333, 338, 339, 340, 341
FSA (Free Syrian Army) xiii, xiv, 42, 43–4, 110, 111, 125, 126, 186, 187
Gallipoli, Battle of (1915) 23, 29, 230, 333, 339, 340
Garnier, Sir Edward 82–3
Gaza 308, 309, 310
Genç Siviller (Young Civilians) 270–1
Georgia 68, 314, 315, 316, 363
Germany 70–2, 124, 138–9, 142, 194, 203, 324
Gezi Park protests, Istanbul (2013) xvi, 9, 31, 52–3, 91, 114–16, 190–1, 208, 209, 221, 246, 265, 268–9, 274, 277, 312
Giuliani, Rudy 96, 98
Global Donors Forum awards ceremony, Mansion House, London (2018) 294–5
Greece 5, 8–9, 23–4, 122, 131, 132, 133, 139, 141, 142, 143, 144, 157, 159, 168–9, 170, 225, 226, 233, 234, 236, 252, 254, 286, 297, 301, 305, 306, 324, 356
G20 3, 69
Gül, Abdullah xi, xv, 64–5, 66–7, 68, 86, 88, 106, 115, 190, 270, 293, 359
Gülen, Fethullah xii, xvi, 13, 27, 79–85, 90–100, 207, 208, 216, 217, 299
Gülenists 79–85, 89–100, 101, 102, 173, 207, 214, 215–21, 284, 287, 294, 299, 328, 361–2
Güler, Ahmet 32
Güler, General Ümit 205
Gulf War, First (1990–1) 49
Günay, Ertuğrul 87–8, 107, 190–1, 232
Güzel, Murat 193, 195
Güzel, Süleyman 193
halal travel/tourism 72–9, 93, 258, 287
Halkbank 91, 97, 98–9
Hamas 309
Hat Revolution 33, 241
Hatay province, Turkey 222–7, 236, 240–3, 245
hawala (informal method of transferring money across borders) 137–8
Hawthorn Advisors 82, 83
HDP (Halklarin Demokratik Partisi) (People’s Democratic Party) xiii, 191, 196, 200, 274, 312, 345–6, 351
Hittites 159–60
HUDA-PAR 201–2
Hür, Ayşe 337–8, 339, 341–2
Hussein, Saddam 48, 49
İnce, Muharrem xii, 346, 349–53
İnönü, İsmet 170, 233, 305, 324
Insan Hak ve Hürriyetleri ve Insanı Yardım Vakfı (the People’s Law and Freedom Assistance
Association (IHH) 309–10
internet censorship 30–1, 104, 231, 331
İpek, Akın 79–80, 93–4, 287–8
Iran 13, 41, 48, 49, 88, 91, 97, 105, 111, 112, 155, 168, 221, 270, 281, 285, 294, 309, 327, 339
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Iraq xiii, 3, 12, 14, 47, 48–9, 52, 68, 88, 89, 90, 101, 107, 109, 112, 113, 116, 118, 133, 139, 155, 157, 159, 164, 168, 175, 176, 178–80, 181, 188, 197, 198, 210, 221, 240, 283, 331
Iraq War (2003–11) 49, 52, 88, 89, 101, 112, 113, 155
Isis (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) xiii, xiv, 45, 47, 49, 50, 51, 109–12, 116–17, 123, 124, 125–6, 127, 129, 130, 136–7, 175–88, 189, 196, 199, 213, 286, 298, 330–6
Islam/Islamists: Shia 41, 48, 53, 106, 143, 157; Sunni 41, 48, 88, 103, 104, 106, 148, 164–5, 307; Syria and see Syria; Turkey see Turkey
Israel 102, 203, 304, 308–10, 311, 338
Istanbul: Atatürk airport 185, 186, 203, 205, 207, 210, 289; Atatürk airport suicide bombings (2016) 203; Atatürk Cultural Centre 209–10, 342; Blue Mosque suicide bombing (2016) 203; Bosphorus Bridge 1, 2, 18–19, 28, 63, 73, 206, 207; Çamlıca Mosque 19; canal project linking Sea of Marmara to the Black Sea 260; capital city, loses status as 252–3; Çekmeköy 249–57, 258, 259, 261, 313; coup (2016) and 1–3, 17–21, 28, 63, 203–11; Dumankaya 248; Erdoğan as mayor of (1994) xv, 60, 61, 62, 63, 73, 76, 255–6, 257, 258, 277, 285, 292, 342; Erdoğan’s power base in 247–8; Fatih 266, 270; Fatih Mosque 62–3; 15th July Martyrs Bridge 18–19, 236; gecekondu neighbourhoods 76–7, 253–4, 313, 347; Gezi Park protests and see Gezi Park protests; history of 252–3; Istanbul Airport 4, 260, 279, 291, 292; İstiklal 91, 92, 203, 246, 312; İstiklal suicide bombing (2016) 203; İzmit earthquake (1999) and 256, 257; Jews in 301–7, 310–11; Kadıköy 265, 266, 353; Kasımpaşa 31–2, 247–8, 258, 264; Kısıklı 257–60, 266; LGBT community in 311–14; Lord Mayor of London visits (2011) 290–2; Maltepe parade ground 26–7, 28, 236; map 244; Pera 246–7, 252; Sephardic Centre 302; Silivri prison 211–12, 215, 346; suburbs 249–57; Taksim Square 2, 53, 114, 115, 190, 206, 207, 208–9, 212, 246, 250, 255, 268–9, 312, 328, 337, 342, 347; Üsküdar 82, 266; Vatan (central security building) 262; Yenikapı parade ground 27–8, 248, 273, 313, 339; Yıldız Palace 210, 220, 334, 335
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