Religion and politics in Turkey / edited by Ali Çarkoğlu and Barry Rubin.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Çarkoğlu, Ali, 1963-

Rubin, Barry M.

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islam and politics--Turkey.

Islam and politics.

Turkey.

Turkey--Politics and government--1980-.

Politics and government.

Genre:

Festschriften.

Physical Description:

183 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2006.

Summary:

collection aim first to provide a historical background to the current debates on the role of religion in politics focusing on the Ottoman heritage. Another group of essays focus on the relatively recent experience of Turkish politics with the interactions between Islam and politics and highlights contrasts and similarities in a comparative perspective with other country experiences. This volume was previously published as a special issue of the journal "Turkish Studies,"

Contents:

1 Turkish Islamic Exceptionalism Yesterday and Today: Continuity, Rupture and Reconstruction in Operational Codes / Serif Mardin 3

2 Islam and Democracy in Turkey / Binnaz Toprak 25

3 Explaining Religious Politics at the Crossroad: AKP-SP / Fulya Atacan 45

4 Religion, Transnationalism and Turks in Europe / Gamze Avci 59

5 The Justice and Development Party Government and the Military in Turkey / Metin Heper 73

6 The Mystery of the Turban: Participation or Revolt? / Ersin Kalaycioglu 91

7 An Exercise in Denominational Geography in Search of Ottoman Alevis / Hulya Canbakal 111

8 Political Preferences of the Turkish Electorate: Reflections of an Alevi-Sunni Cleavage / Ali Carkoglu 131

9 Christian Democracy and the AKP: Parallels and Contrasts / William Hale 151.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

0415348315

OCLC:

62282358