From honourable to villainous: political competition and sectarianisation in Turkey
This contribution examines how political considerations influence the creation of religious discourses and interpretations among rival religious actors. It analyses how the religio-political discourses of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the Gülen movement in Turkey shifted once they beca...
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| Tipo de documento: | Electrónico Artículo |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
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Routledge
2021
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Religion, state & society
Año: 2021, Volumen: 49, Número: 2, Páginas: 93-108 |
| (Cadenas de) Palabra clave estándar: | B
Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi
/ Discusión política
/ Movimiento Gülen
/ Secta
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| Clasificaciones IxTheo: | AD Sociología de la religión BJ Islam KBL Oriente Medio |
| Otras palabras clave: | B
the Gülen movement
B AKP-Gülen conflict B the Justice and Development Party B Sectarianisation in Turkey B Islamism in Turkey |
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| Sumario: | This contribution examines how political considerations influence the creation of religious discourses and interpretations among rival religious actors. It analyses how the religio-political discourses of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the Gülen movement in Turkey shifted once they became political rivals in the 2010s. Building on the sectarianisation thesis, I show how the leaders in both movements employed religio-political rhetoric to delegitimise one another. The AKP leadership portrayed the Gülen movement as a heretical religious group used by foreigners. The leaders in the Gülen movement represented the AKP as a corrupt and authoritarian organisation, which deviated from religion and suppressed sincere Muslims. The sectarianisation thesis has frequently been used to explain the relationship between theologically distinct religious traditions. I use it to address the rivalry between theologically similar groups. In this case, the leaders need to engage in massive propaganda that simultaneously combines political and theological messaging. Through sectarianisation, leaders in the AKP and the Gülen movement consolidated the support among their ardent supporters. However, the sectarianisation in Turkey not only deepened the conflict between the AKP and the Gülen movement but also divided the opposition against the authoritarian state. |
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| ISSN: | 1465-3974 |
| Obras secundarias: | Enthalten in: Religion, state & society
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/09637494.2021.1890972 |