The legacy of the twentieth century / Sungur Savran -- The Turkish state and bourgeoisie in historical perspective: a relativist paradigm or a panoply of hegemonic strategies? / Galip L. Yalman -- Political crisis and strategies for crisis management: from "low intensity conflict" to "low intensity instability" / Tülin Öngen -- Uncompromising nationalism: the Kurdish question in Turkey / Zülküf Aydin -- Political Islam in Turkey in historical context: strenghts and weaknesses / Ayşe Buğra -- The politics of fascism: changing strategies and positions of the MHP vis-à-vis the Turkish power bloc / Emre Arslan -- The history of the socialist-communist movement in Turkey by four major indicators / Metin Çulhaoğlu -- Quest for hegemony: discourses on democracy / Necmi Erdoğan and Fahriye Üstüner -- Turkey's integration with the European Union: modalities and limitations / Mehmet Türkay -- The Cyprus issue from the Cold War to the present / Mehmet Hasgüler.