Secularism and Muslim Democracy in Turkey

Secularism and Muslim Democracy in Turkey

Author: M. Hakan Yavuz

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2009-02-19

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 0521888786

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The Islamist Justice and Development Party swept to power in Turkey in 2002. Since then it has shied away from a hard-line ideological stance in favour of a more conservative and democratic approach. This book asks whether it is possible for a political party with deeply religious ideology to liberalise and entertain democracy?


Democracy, Islam, & Secularism in Turkey

Democracy, Islam, & Secularism in Turkey

Author: Ahmet Kuru

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Published: 2012-02-14

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 0231159323

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While Turkey has grown as a world power, promoting the image of a progressive and stable nation, several policy choices have strained its relationship with the East and the West. Providing social, historical, and religious context for Turkey's singular behavior, the essays in Democracy, Islam, and Secularism in Turkey examine issues relevant to Turkish debates and global concerns, from the state's position on religion and diversity to its involvement in the European Union. Written by experts in a range of disciplines, the chapters explore the Ottoman toleration of diversity during its classical period; the erosion of ethno-religious diversity in modern, pre-democratic times; Kemalism and its role in modernization and nation building; the changing political strategies of the military; and the effect of possible EU membership on domestic reforms. They also conduct a cross-Continental comparison of "multiple secularisms" as well as political parties, considering the Justice and Development Party in Turkey in relation to Christian Democratic parties in Europe. The contributors tackle central research questions, such as what is the legacy of the Ottoman Empire's ethno-religious plurality and how can Turkey's assertive secularism be softened to allow greater space for religious actors. They address the military's "guardian" role in Turkey's secularism, the implications of recent constitutional amendments for democratization, and the consequences and benefits of Islamic activism's presence within a democratic system. No other collection confronts Turkey's contemporary evolution so vividly and thoroughly or offers such expert analysis of its crucial social and political systems.


Secular and Islamic Politics in Turkey

Secular and Islamic Politics in Turkey

Author: Ümit Cizre

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2008-03-25

Total Pages: 245

ISBN-13: 1134155239

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Concerned with the development of Islamic politics inside Turkey, in particular the rise of the Justice and Development Party that now rules the country, this book examines the changes that have taken place within the party itself, the role of the secular state and wider international issues including accession to the EU.


Muslim Civil Society and the Politics of Religious Freedom in Turkey

Muslim Civil Society and the Politics of Religious Freedom in Turkey

Author: Jeremy F. Walton

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 273

ISBN-13: 0190658975

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In contemporary Turkey, a plethora of Muslim NGOs, spanning the sectarian divide between Sunni and Alevi Muslims, has called into question statist sovereignty over Islam. Muslim Civil Society and the Politics of Religious Freedom in Turkey is an ethnographic study of these institutions and their distinctive, nongovernmental politics of religious freedom.


Political Islam and the Secular State in Turkey

Political Islam and the Secular State in Turkey

Author: Evangelia Axiarlis

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2014-06-20

Total Pages: 335

ISBN-13: 0857737988

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How safe is Turkey's liberal democracy? The rise to power in 2002 of the right-leaning Islamic Justice and Development Party ignited fears in the West that Turkey could no longer be relied upon to provide a buffer against the growth of Islamic fundamentalism in the Middle East. Once hailed by the West as a model of secularism and moderation in the Muslim world, Turkey is now seen to be under the influence of the 'creeping Islamisation' of the JDP (or AKP as it is known in Turkey). Yet to what extent has this affected the lives of Turkish citizens? Evangelia Axiarlis here explores the contribution of the JDP to civil liberties and basic freedoms, long suppressed by secular and statist Kemalist ideology, and how this has remained unexamined despite more than a decade in government. In this - the first detailed study of the policies and ideology of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdo?an's government - the author examines the extent to which the JDP has worked to improve civil life in Turkey and critically addresses whether a government built on Islamic principles can champion political reform. Exploring how Islam and democracy are neither monoliths nor mutually exclusive, this is a timely contribution to the wider understanding of political Islam.


Radical Islam in East Africa

Radical Islam in East Africa

Author: Angel Rabasa

Publisher: Rand Corporation

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 111

ISBN-13: 0833045199

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Building sustained national resilience that is intolerant of terrorists and extremists and effective against them, he says, can only be accomplished by linking hard security initiatives with a broader array of policies designed to promote political, social, and economic stability."--BOOK JACKET.


The Emergence of a New Turkey

The Emergence of a New Turkey

Author: M Hakan Yavuz

Publisher: University of Utah Press

Published: 2006-05-29

Total Pages: 367

ISBN-13: 0874808634

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Explains the social, economic, and historical origins of the ruling Justice and Development Party, offering keen insight into one of the most successful transformations of an Islamic movement in the Muslim world.


Torn Country

Torn Country

Author: Zeyno Baran

Publisher: Hoover Press

Published: 2013-09-01

Total Pages: 199

ISBN-13: 0817911464

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Zeyno Baran examines the intense struggle between Turkey's secularists and Islamists in their most recent battles over their country's destination. Looking into the fate of both Turkey's secularism and its democratic experiment, she shows that, for all the flaws of its political journey, the modern Turkish state has managed to maintain an essential separation between religion and the political realm-a separation that is now in jeopardy.


Muslim Secular Democracy

Muslim Secular Democracy

Author: Lily Zubaidah Rahim

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2013-03-20

Total Pages: 393

ISBN-13: 1137282053

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The book offers a nuanced and innovative analyses of the emergence of an inclusive secular democratic state paradigm which incorporates the sacred within the framework of secular democracy in the Muslim World.


Religious Politics in Turkey

Religious Politics in Turkey

Author: Ceren Lord

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2020-03-26

Total Pages: 386

ISBN-13: 9781108458924

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Since the elections of 2002, Erdogan's AKP has dominated the political scene in Turkey. This period has often been understood as a break from a 'secular' pattern of state-building. But in this book, Ceren Lord shows how Islamist mobilisation in Turkey has been facilitated from within the state by institutions established during early nation-building. Lord thus challenges the traditional account of Islamist AKP's rise that sees it either as a grassroots reaction to the authoritarian secularism of the state or as a function of the state's utilisation of religion. Tracing struggles within the state, Lord also shows how the state's principal religious authority, the Presidency of Religious Affairs (Diyanet) competed with other state institutions to pursue Islamisation. Through privileging Sunni Muslim access to state resources to the exclusion of others, the Diyanet has been a key actor ensuring persistence and increasing salience of religious markers in political and economic competition, creating an amenable environment for Islamist mobilisation.