The rise of political Islam in Turkey

As a Muslim-majority country that is also a secular democratic state, a member of NATO, a candidate for membership in the European Union, a long-standing U.S. ally, and the host of Incirlik Air Base (a key hub for logistical support missions in Afghanistan and Iraq), Turkey is pivotal to U.S. and We...

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Autor principal: Rabasa, Angel (-)
Otros Autores: Larabee, F. Stephen
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Santa Monica, CA : RAND c2008.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • Figures and Tables
  • Summary
  • Acknowledgments
  • Acronyms and Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • Politics and Religion in Turkey
  • Structure of the report
  • The Islamic landscape in Turkey
  • Religion, ethnicity and politics
  • The management of Islam
  • Sufi brotherhoods
  • Religious movements
  • Islamic foundations
  • Islamic schools
  • Shiites and Alevis
  • Turkish attitudes toward religion
  • The violent fringe
  • Turks in Europe
  • The rise of political Islam in Turkey
  • The impact of the Kemalist revolution
  • The advent of multi-party democracy
  • The "Turkish-Islamic synthesis"
  • The impact of the ZAL reforms
  • The rise of the religious right
  • Political Islam in power : the welfare interlude
  • The impact of the February 28 process
  • The AKP in power
  • The reconfiguration of Turkish politics
  • The AKP : a new synthesis or Islamism in disguise?
  • "Green money"
  • The headscarf controversy
  • The Imam-Hatip schools controversy
  • Non-Muslims minorities under AKP rule
  • The AKP and the Kurds
  • The AKP and the military
  • AKP's foreign policy
  • Relations with Europe
  • Relations with the United States
  • Relations with the Middle East
  • Future prospects and implications
  • Whither Turkey : alternative political futures
  • Scenario 1 : the AKP pursues a moderate, EU-oriented path
  • Scenario 2 : creeping Islamization
  • Scenario 3 : military intervention
  • Implications for U.S. policy.