LEADER 03854nam 22006254a 450 001 9910220104703321 005 20230120072625.0 010 $a1-281-73662-7 010 $a9786611736620 010 $a0-8330-4531-8 035 $a(CKB)1000000000539636 035 $a(EBL)357992 035 $a(OCoLC)259715689 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000238505 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11176030 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000238505 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10233468 035 $a(PQKB)10795451 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL357992 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10246314 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4969941 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL173662 035 $a(OCoLC)1027176863 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC357992 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000539636 100 $a20080303d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe rise of political Islam in Turkey$b[electronic resource] /$fAngel Rabasa, F. Stephen Larabee 210 $aSanta Monica, CA $cRAND$dc2008 215 $a1 online resource (134 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8330-4457-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 103-113). 327 $aPreface -- 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. 330 $aAs 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 ha 606 $aIslam and politics$zTurkey 606 $aIslam and state$zTurkey 606 $aIslam$zTurkey$xHistory 615 0$aIslam and politics 615 0$aIslam and state 615 0$aIslam$xHistory. 676 $a322/.109561 700 $aRabasa$b Angel$0674557 701 $aLarabee$b F. Stephen$01047978 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910220104703321 996 $aThe rise of political Islam in Turkey$92475924 997 $aUNINA