Over the last decade the once marginal extreme right-end of the
Turkish ideological spectrum has grown both in size as well as in
influence and has effectively reshaped party competition in Turkey.
Policy mandates and electoral bases of the rising extreme-right
rely on potentially explosive social cleavages in the country. One
such confrontation is between the secularist and pro-Islamist
forces, which has always been one of the centerpieces of modern
Turkish politics. The rise of pro-Islamist electoral forces from a
marginal to an undeniably imposing position in Turkish electoral
politics has led many to worry that a deep-rooted schism has come
to the forefront of Turkish politics. The frontline of this
secularist vs. pro-Islamist confrontation is quite widespread
ranging from a debate around the ban of turban and headscarves in
universities to religious education in the country, from Islamic
principles in the economy to Turkish foreign policy towards the
Middle Eastern countries.
Essays in this collection aim first to provide a historical
background to the current debates on the role of religion in
politics focusing on the Ottoman heritage. Another group of essays
focus on the relatively recent experience of Turkish politics with
the interactions between Islam and politics and highlights
contrasts and similarities in a comparative perspective with other
country experiences.
This volume was previously published as a special issue of the
journal "Turkish Studies,"
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