Globalization and state transformation : the Ottoman-Turkish case

Abstract

This thesis analyses the transformation of the Ottoman-Turkish state under the influence of globalization in a historical context. It is an attempt for operationalization of the transformationist argument in the Globalization and state literature. The Ottoman-Turkish state had been in the process of transforming into initially modern national state then a modern nation state during the era of first and second globalizations. Now, in the face of third globalization, it is in the process of transforming into a liberal democratic state.