سکولاریسم و دموکراسی اسلامی در ترکیه

Cambridge Middle East Studies #28

by M. Hakan Yavuz, Ahmad Azizi (Translator)

In 2002 the Islamist Justice and Development Party (AKP) swept to power in Turkey. Since then it has shied away from a hard-line ideological stance in favour of a more conservative and democratic approach. M. Hakan Yavuz negotiates this ambivalence asking whether it is possible for a political party with a deeply religious ideology to liberalise and entertain democracy or whether, as he contends, radical religious groups moderate their practices and ideologies when forced to negotiate a competitive and rule-based political system. The author explores the thesis through an analysis of the rise and evolution of the AKP and its more recent 2007 election victory. The book, which tackles a number of important issues including political participation, economics and internal security, provides a masterful survey of modern Turkish and Islamic politics, which will be of interest to a broad range of readers from students to professionals and policymakers.

Genres: History, Politics, Religion, Islam

469 pages

First published February 19, 2009

Reviews

[Gnarmac · Rating 2 out of 5]

Hakan Yavuz is actually a professor of mine at the University of Utah. He is a funny guy and his class is mostly pretty enjoyable (despite being disorganized and unpredictable) but this book is a fairly boring historical account of Turkey's AKP. Don't read unless you love modern Turkish political history or you are required to for a class.

[Rukaya Zayani · Rating 2 out of 5]

Read it if you have to.