The rise of political Islam in Turkey [electronic resource] /
Angel Rabasa, F. Stephen Larabee.
- Santa Monica, CA : Rand, c2008.
- xix, 113 p. ; 23 cm.
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.
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Islam and politics--Turkey. Islam and state--Turkey. Islam--History.--Turkey