From Radical Secularism to Islamic NationalismThe Historical Evolution of Politico-Religious Relationship in Turkey
In: Sociology of IslamCenter for Turkish Studies, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China, ycwf2008@163.com
Search for other papers by Yang Chen in
Current site
Google Scholar
Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s Justice and Development Party (jdp) has continuously won elections and consolidated its power since 2002, while Turkish society has become increasingly conservative at the same time. The official implementation of the presidential system after June 2018 has triggered the world’s concerns and reflections about the future direction of Turkish society: a secular road, an Islamic road, or a new path of balance between religion and secularism. This necessitates an historical analysis of Turkey’s politico-religious relations. The role of Islam in Turkish society can be roughly divided into the following five stages: the suppression of Islam (1923–1950), the release of Islam (1950–), the re-politicization of Islam (1970–), the co-optation of Islam (1980–), and the new development of political Islam (2002–). During the jdp period, a fragile balance between secularism and Islamism had been achieved. But after the July 15th coup in 2016, the jdp adjusted its ideology from radical secularism to Islamic nationalism. The combination of Islamism and nationalism brings more challenges to the solidarity of Turkish society.
Purchase
Buy instant access (PDF download and unlimited online access):
Institutional Login
Log in with Open Athens, Shibboleth, or your institutional credentials
Personal login
Log in with your brill.com account
-
Atasoy Yıldız . (2005). Turkey, Islamists and Democracy: Transition and Globalization in a Muslim State. London & New York: I. B. Tauris.
-
Bali Rıfat N. (2011). Revival of Islam in Turkey in the 1950’s through the Reports of American Diplomats. Istanbul: Libra Kitapçılık ve Yayıncılık.
-
Çarkoğlu Ali and Barry Rubin (eds.). (2005). Religion and Politics in Turkey. London: Routledge.
-
Cetinsaya Gokhan . (1999). Rethinking Nationalism and Islam: Some Preliminary Notes on the Roots of “Turkish-Islamic Synthesis” in Modern Turkish Political Thought. Muslim World, 89 (3–4): 350–376. doi: 10.1111/j.1478-1913.1999.tb02753.x.
-
Eligur Banu (2010). The Mobilization of Political Islam in Turkey. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
-
Gökçe Dinçer . (February 6, 2017). Mosque Plan for Istanbul’s Taksim Square Approved by Cultural Protection Board. Hurriyet Daily News. http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/mosque-plan-for-istanbuls-taksim-square-approved-by-cultural-protection-board-.aspx?PageID=238&NID=109434&NewsCatID=341.
-
Jenkins Gareth . (2008). Political Islam in Turkey: Running West, Heading East? New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
-
Karakas Cemal . (2007). Turkey: Islam and Laicism between the Interests of State, Politics, and Society. Peace Research Institute Frankfurt: prif Reports, No. 78.
-
Kösebalaban Hasan . (2011). Turkish Foreign Policy: Islam, Nationalism, and Globalization. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
-
Kuru Ahmet T. (2009). Secularism and State Policies: The United States, France, and Turkey. Cambridge & New York: Cambridge University Press.
-
Kuru Ahmet T. and Alfred Stepan . (2012). Laicite as an “ideal type” and a continuum. In Kuru Ahmet T. and Alfred Stepan (eds)., Democracy, Islam and Secularism in Turkey. New York: Columbia University Press.
-
Lapidot Anat . (1995). Islam and Nationalism: A Study of Contemporary Islamic Political Thought in Turkey (1980–1990). Durham University, Unprinted Ph.D. thesis.
-
Nereid Camilla Trud . (2012). The Turkish Identity Politics of Modernization: Islam and the West. Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Unprinted Ph.D. thesis.
-
Poulton Hugh . (1997). Top Hat, Grey Wolf and Crescent: Turkish Nationalism and the Turkish Republic. New York: NYU Press.
-
Sarfati Yusuf . (2009). The Rise of Religious Parties in Israel and Turkey: A Comparative Study. The Ohio State University, Unprinted Ph.D. thesis.
-
Taniyici Saban . (2003). Four Games and Political Party Behavior: The Case of a Religious Party in Turkey. University of Pittsburgh, Unprinted Ph.D. thesis.
-
Yavuz M. Hakan . (2003). Islamic Political Identity in Turkey. Oxford & New York: Oxford University Press.
-
Zurcher Erik J. (2004). Turkey: A Modern History. London: I. B. Tauris.
| All Time | Past 365 days | Past 30 Days | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abstract Views | 856 | 81 | 7 |
| Full Text Views | 83 | 4 | 0 |
| PDF Views & Downloads | 111 | 11 | 0 |
From Radical Secularism to Islamic NationalismThe Historical Evolution of Politico-Religious Relationship in Turkey
In: Sociology of IslamCenter for Turkish Studies, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China, ycwf2008@163.com
Search for other papers by Yang Chen in
Current site
Google Scholar
PubMed
Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s Justice and Development Party (jdp) has continuously won elections and consolidated its power since 2002, while Turkish society has become increasingly conservative at the same time. The official implementation of the presidential system after June 2018 has triggered the world’s concerns and reflections about the future direction of Turkish society: a secular road, an Islamic road, or a new path of balance between religion and secularism. This necessitates an historical analysis of Turkey’s politico-religious relations. The role of Islam in Turkish society can be roughly divided into the following five stages: the suppression of Islam (1923–1950), the release of Islam (1950–), the re-politicization of Islam (1970–), the co-optation of Islam (1980–), and the new development of political Islam (2002–). During the jdp period, a fragile balance between secularism and Islamism had been achieved. But after the July 15th coup in 2016, the jdp adjusted its ideology from radical secularism to Islamic nationalism. The combination of Islamism and nationalism brings more challenges to the solidarity of Turkish society.
| All Time | Past 365 days | Past 30 Days | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abstract Views | 856 | 81 | 7 |
| Full Text Views | 83 | 4 | 0 |
| PDF Views & Downloads | 111 | 11 | 0 |