“…Such articles tended to discuss whether the AKP could be conceived as a mere continuation of the Islamist politics of the RP in a new guise or whether it represented discontent and hence rupture with traditional Islamist politics that were doomed to become obsolete in the face of the current forces and requirements of globalization. 6 Another mainstream discussion concerned the AKP's relationship with conservatism and liberalism in both the political and economic senses because, at least in the early years of its rule, the party accelerated the EU-led reform process on the one hand, and adhered strictly to neoliberalism in its economic perspective and practice on the other. 7 The final reason that the nationalism of the AKP was downplayed is a pervasive intellectual tendency to presuppose an internal and necessary relationship between Kemalism and nationalism, as though the latter could not exist independently of the former in the realm of ideologies in Turkey.…”
“…Such articles tended to discuss whether the AKP could be conceived as a mere continuation of the Islamist politics of the RP in a new guise or whether it represented discontent and hence rupture with traditional Islamist politics that were doomed to become obsolete in the face of the current forces and requirements of globalization. 6 Another mainstream discussion concerned the AKP's relationship with conservatism and liberalism in both the political and economic senses because, at least in the early years of its rule, the party accelerated the EU-led reform process on the one hand, and adhered strictly to neoliberalism in its economic perspective and practice on the other. 7 The final reason that the nationalism of the AKP was downplayed is a pervasive intellectual tendency to presuppose an internal and necessary relationship between Kemalism and nationalism, as though the latter could not exist independently of the former in the realm of ideologies in Turkey.…”
“…Among the parties in the Muslim world that follow the above‐stated pattern is Turkey's Justice and Development Party (AKP). According to the party's founder, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the mention of “development” in the title of the party reflected the need to address the unemployment that was plaguing the country (Heper & Sule, ). Thus, according to scholars Ziya Önis and E. Fuat Keyman, the AKP's commitment to development rejects neoliberal beliefs in favor of reaffirming the importance and centrality of social justice to development:The AKP does not see the question of social justice as an indirect problem that will be solved when the primary challenge of economic growth has been met.…”
Section: Social Justice and Muslim Political Partiesmentioning
There are some who believe that there will be an inevitable “clash of civilizations” between the Muslim world and the West. By contrast, this article contends that there are many opportunities for constructive dialogue between the two that can bridge the cultural divide. Specifically, the article proposes a cross‐cultural dialogue on social justice as a promising starting point for productive intercultural engagement. The article discusses the rich tradition of social justice in the Muslim world, and the ways in which these Islamic tenets are implemented by a range of Islamist political parties, including Turkey's Justice and Development Party (AKP), Morocco's Justice and Development Party (PJD), and Tunisia's Ennahda Movement. Given the West's relative dearth of mainstream social justice parties, the article proposes that, on this count, it has much to learn from the Muslim world.
“…This resulted in a note by the military to the government. On 24th August 2001, Erdogan explained that he had not changed since the 1980s in the sense that he was still proud of subscribing to the values of civilisation and the history of his countrymen and to the moral values he and his party wished to inject into politics (Heper & Toktaş 2003).…”
Section: Political Legitimacy Moral Values and Islam: A Counter Hegementioning
This study evaluates the political identity of the AKP and its ideological mindset. The first section elaborates on the AKP's definition of its `conservative democracy' ideology, which can be summarised as reconciling modernity with societal values. To understand the party's identity the second section analyses the extent to which this ideology is practiced, by evaluating the party's policies in some political and sociological spheres, including its approach to democracy, secularism and co‐operation with international players.
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