03854nam 22006254a 450 991022010470332120230120072625.01-281-73662-797866117366200-8330-4531-8(CKB)1000000000539636(EBL)357992(OCoLC)259715689(SSID)ssj0000238505(PQKBManifestationID)11176030(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000238505(PQKBWorkID)10233468(PQKB)10795451(Au-PeEL)EBL357992(CaPaEBR)ebr10246314(Au-PeEL)EBL4969941(CaONFJC)MIL173662(OCoLC)1027176863(MiAaPQ)EBC357992(EXLCZ)99100000000053963620080303d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe rise of political Islam in Turkey[electronic resource] /Angel Rabasa, F. Stephen LarabeeSanta Monica, CA RANDc20081 online resource (134 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8330-4457-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. 103-113).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.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 Western security interests in a critical area of the world. It also provides an example of the coexistence of Islam with secular democracy, globalization, and modernity. However, having a ruling party with Islamic roots-the Justice and Development Party (AKP)-within a framework of strict secularism haIslam and politicsTurkeyIslam and stateTurkeyIslamTurkeyHistoryIslam and politicsIslam and stateIslamHistory.322/.109561Rabasa Angel674557Larabee F. Stephen1047978MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910220104703321The rise of political Islam in Turkey2475924UNINA