RT Book
T1 Religious politics in Turkey: from the birth of the Republic to the AKP
T2 Cambridge Middle East studies
A1 Lord, Ceren 1982-
LA English
PP Cambridge
PB Cambridge University Press
YR 2018
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1048635635
AB 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
AB How religious majoritarianism was institutionalised in the early Republic -- The struggle within the state: the Diyanet and Islamisation -- Shaping the nation: the Diyanetʹs interventions against Alevism and the elevation of Sunni Islam -- The expansion of the religious field in the multiparty era -- The Islamist movement in Turkey and the rise of the AKP -- The rise of the AKP and the struggle within and for the state since 2002
NO Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 16 Nov 2018)
CN BP63.T8
SN 9781108638906
K1 AK Parti (Turkey)
K1 Turkey : Diyanet İşleri Başkanlığı
K1 Religion and state : Turkey : History
K1 Islam and politics : Turkey : History
K1 Islam and state : Turkey : History
K1 Religion And Politics : Turkey : History
K1 Turkey ; Diyanet İşleri Başkanlığı
K1 Islam and politics ; Turkey ; History
K1 Islam and state ; Turkey ; History
K1 Religion and politics ; Turkey ; History
K1 Religion and state ; Turkey ; History
K1 Turkey ; Politics and government ; 1980-
K1 Turkey : Politics and government : 1980-
DO 10.1017/9781108638906