Torn country : Turkey between secularism and Islamism / Zeyno Baran.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baran, Zeyno.

Series:

Hoover Institution Press publication ; 590.

Hoover Institution Press publication ; no. 590

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islam and politics--Turkey.

Islam and politics.

Islam and secularism--Turkey.

Islam and secularism.

Turkey--Politics and government--1980-.

Turkey.

AK Parti (Turkey).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (193 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Stanford, Calif. : Hoover Institution Press, Stanford University, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Front Cover; Book Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Turkey's Choice; Chapter One - Turkish Identity-from the Ottomans to Atatürk; Chapter Two - The Rise of Political Islam and the AKP; Chapter Three - The AKP's Political Victories; Chapter Four - Reshaping Identity by Restoring Islam; Chapter Five - The AKP's Foreign Policy; Chapter Six - Looking Ahead: Will Islamism Replace Kemalism?; Notes; About the Author; About the Hoover Institution'sHerbert and Jane Dwight Working Groupon Islamism and the International Order; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780817911461

0817911464

OCLC:

692404094