Religious Politics in Turkey

Religious Politics in Turkey
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 386
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ISBN-10 : 1108458920
ISBN-13 : 9781108458924
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Book Synopsis Religious Politics in Turkey by : Ceren Lord

Download or read book Religious Politics in Turkey written by Ceren Lord and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-03-26 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the elections of 2002, Erdogan's AKP has dominated the political scene in Turkey. This period has often been understood as a break from a 'secular' pattern of state-building. But in this book, Ceren Lord shows how Islamist mobilisation in Turkey has been facilitated from within the state by institutions established during early nation-building. Lord thus challenges the traditional account of Islamist AKP's rise that sees it either as a grassroots reaction to the authoritarian secularism of the state or as a function of the state's utilisation of religion. Tracing struggles within the state, Lord also shows how the state's principal religious authority, the Presidency of Religious Affairs (Diyanet) competed with other state institutions to pursue Islamisation. Through privileging Sunni Muslim access to state resources to the exclusion of others, the Diyanet has been a key actor ensuring persistence and increasing salience of religious markers in political and economic competition, creating an amenable environment for Islamist mobilisation.


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