The Veiling Issue, Official Secularism and Popular Islam in Modern Turkey - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Veiling Issue, Official Secularism and Popular Islam in Modern Turkey write by Elisabeth Ozdalga. This book was released on 2013-01-11. The Veiling Issue, Official Secularism and Popular Islam in Modern Turkey available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In the Turkish elections of December 1995, the Islamic Welfare Party became the biggest Party in parliament and for the first time in history, an Islamic party had come to power by means of free elections. The rise to power of the Turkish Islamists is a result of several decades of revivalism. In this process the veil has been a prominent symbol of the new religious puritanism, causing resentment among those who regard the bare-headed woman as the symbol of progress and emancipation. In the light of a century-long conflict between secularism and popular Islam, the present study describes the conflict over the veil as it became a burning issue in the decade following the military intervention of 1980 and remains to this day a matter of controversy. While focusing on the issue of veiling, the author also considers the wider picture of tension between official secularism and popular Islam in present-day Turkey. Although this tension is not discounted, the author argues that the fact that the Islamic movement is on the rise does not mean that it threatens the very foundations of modern Turkish society. Whereas the controversies of the nineteenth century could be described as a 'clash of civilizations' (between Islam and the West), those of today have shrunk into conflicts over certain cultural symbols that are part of the same globally-expanding technological civilization.
The Veiling Issue, Official Secularism and Popular Islam in Modern Turkey
The Veiling Issue, Official Secularism and Popular Islam in Modern Turkey - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Veiling Issue, Official Secularism and Popular Islam in Modern Turkey write by Elisabeth Özdalga. This book was released on 1998. The Veiling Issue, Official Secularism and Popular Islam in Modern Turkey available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Secularism and State Religion in Modern Turkey
Secularism and State Religion in Modern Turkey - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Secularism and State Religion in Modern Turkey write by Emir Kaya. This book was released on 2017. Secularism and State Religion in Modern Turkey available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "The Diyanet, the official face of Islam in Turkey, is the 'Presidency of Religious Affairs', a governmental department established in 1924 after the break-up of the Ottoman Empire and the abolition of Caliphate. In this book, Emir Kaya offers an in-depth multidisciplinary analysis of this vital institution. Focusing on the role of the Diyanet in society, Kaya explores the balance the institution has to strike between the Muslim traditions of the Turkish population and the secular creed of the Turkish state. By examining the various laws that either bolstered or hindered the Diyanet's budgets and activities, Kaya highlights the institutional mindsets of the Diyanet membership. He also evaluates its successes and failures as a state department that must consistently operate within the context of the religiosity of Turkish society. By situating all of this within the two competing - but often complimentary - concepts of religion and secularism, Kaya offers a book that is important for those researching the interplay of Islam and the state in Turkey and beyond."--Bloomsbury Publishing.
The Development of Secularism in Turkey
The Development of Secularism in Turkey - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Development of Secularism in Turkey write by Niyazi Berkes. This book was released on 2013-09-13. The Development of Secularism in Turkey available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. First published in 1964, this is one of the most important books written on modern Turkey. Long unavailable in the English language, this edition brings new life to the influential ideas and analysis of Niyazi Berkes. Examining Turkey's transformation toward a secular state, it traces the complex relationship between technical and economic changes, as well as the political and religious.
The Forbidden Modern
The Forbidden Modern - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Forbidden Modern write by Nilüfer Göle. This book was released on 1996. The Forbidden Modern available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A prominent Turkish sociologist examines the veiling of young university women, and the cultural cleavages between the Islamic and Western worlds
