Turkey's Latest Crisis

Jenkins, Gareth

doi:10.1080/00396330802456437

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“…But the AKP’s denials that it has a religious agenda are equally misleading. Islam informs, even if it does not dictate, the AKP’s policies’ (Jenkins 2008, p. 7). Dagi advances the view that ‘Having broken away from its origins, the AKP today stands squarely in the centre‐right band of the political spectrum, representing rising forces that have considerable numbers and growing weight in society (due not least to economic growth), but who have long felt relegated to the sidelines of public life by strongly entrenched bureaucratic state elites’ (Dagi 2008, p. 30).…”

Section: Current Debatesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Religion and Politics in Turkey

Mellon¹

2010

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For the student of religion and politics, Turkey represents a distinctive case in that Turkey is a constitutionally secularist state in a predominantly Islamic country. The Kemalist revolution sought to downplay the influence of Islam and Ottomanism, and to promote secularism and a specifically Turkish nationalism. Recently, the emergence of Islamism (or Islamic revivalism) that has taken place in much of the world has affected Turkey, as well, in that, in the face of opposition from committed secularists, Turkey has recently re‐elected a government with roots in Islamism This article surveys some of the issues raised by these developments.

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Section: Current Debatesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Religion and Politics in Turkey

Mellon¹

2010

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“…On the one hand, the AKP built an image of itself as the victim of the secular establishment by focusing on several political challenges: the military's e-memorandum, the veto of Abdullah Gül's presidential bid and the attempt to ban the AKP through the Constitutional Court (Jenkins 2008). On the other, it continued to position itself on the side of 'the people' claiming to be the champion of democratisation and freedoms thanks to the political reforms undertaken between 2002 and 2005 (Özbudun 2007;Patton 2007).…”

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confidence: 99%