| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 282 pages). |
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text file |
| Series |
Library of modern Turkey ; 11
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Library of modern Turkey ; 11.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 268-279) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- A general critique of Turkish secularism -- The challenge of Kemalism -- The AKP's conservative democracy -- The AKP's European Union membership bid -- The AKP and the Turkish military -- A slowdown of reforms -- Conclusion. |
| Summary |
How safe is Turkey's liberal democracy? The rise to power in 2002 of the right-leaning Islamic Justice and Development Party ignited fears in the West that Turkey could no longer be relied upon to provide a buffer against the growth of Islamic fundamentalism in the Middle East. But the contribution of the JDP (or AKP as it known in Turkey) to civil liberties and basic freedoms, long suppressed by secular and statist Kemalist ideology, has remained unexamined despite more than a decade in government. In this - the first detailed study of the policies and ideology of Prime Minister Erdogan's government - Evangelia Axiarlis examines the extent to which the JDP has worked to improve civil life in Turkey and critically addresses whether a government built on Islamic principles can champion political reform. Exploring how Islam and democracy are neither monoliths nor mutually exclusive, this is a timely contribution to the wider understanding of political Islam. |
| Local Note |
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| Subject |
AK Parti (Turkey)
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AK Parti (Turkey) |
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Islam and politics -- Turkey.
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Islam and politics. |
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Turkey. |
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Islam and secularism -- Turkey.
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Islam and secularism. |
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Religion and politics -- Turkey.
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Religion and politics. |
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Democracy -- Turkey.
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Democracy. |
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Turkey -- Politics and government -- 2000-
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| Chronological Term |
2000- |
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EU & European institutions. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Essays. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- General. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- National. |
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Politics and government. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Reference. |
| Chronological Term |
Since 2000 |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Axiarlis, Evangelia. Political Islam and the secular state in Turkey. London ; New York : I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd., 2014 9781780769233 (DLC) 2016387249 (OCoLC)873828933 |
| ISBN |
0857724320 (electronic book) |
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9780857724328 (electronic book) |
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9780857737984 (electronic book) |
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0857737988 (electronic book) |
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1780769237 |
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9781780769233 |
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