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Feb 18, 2019 · Today there is no easy way in Turkey to strip Islam from secularism or vice versa. Islamic markers constitute the critical boundaries redefining what it means to be a Turk. Belonging to the Turkish nation today means being increasingly defined by Islamic practices and rituals.
- M. Hakan Yavuz, Ahmet Erdi Öztürk
- 2019
In Turkey, secularism or laicism (see laïcité) was first introduced with the 1928 amendment of the Constitution of 1924, which removed the provision declaring that the "Religion of the State is Islam", and with the later reforms of Turkey's first president Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, which set the administrative and political requirements to ...
Secularism and Islamic Movements in Turkey. Draft Paper. Not for Citation. M. Hakan Yavuz hakan.yavuz@poli-sci.utah.edu. The Turkish state’s conception of Islam is informed by its understanding of secularism, as the only path to modernity, progress, and a powerful state. This “otherness” of religion, in general, and Islam, in particular ...
This essay outlines the changes Turkey underwent in its transition from empire to nation-state in terms of its experiment with secular-ism and democracy. It especially looks at the tension between secular-ism and Islam, showing how this tension was originally contained by authoritarian measures during the early years of the republic but was
- Binnaz Toprak
- 2005
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.
Islam, secularism and démocratisation in Turkey. Islam has evoked widespread national and international concern as a source. of political tensions since the AK Party (Adalet ve Kalkmma Partisi - Justice and Development Party) came to power in Turkey in November 2002.
Turkish secularism and Islam under the reign of Erdoğan. SOUTHEAST EUROPEAN AND BLACK SEA STUDIES 2019, VOL. 19, NO. 1, 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1080/14683857.2019.1580828. INTRODUCTION. Turkish secularism and Islam under the reign of Erdoğan. M. Hakan Yavuza and Ahmet Erdi Öztürkb.
