Can Islamism, as is often claimed, truly unite Muslim Turks and
Kurds in a discourse that supersedes ethnicity? This is a volatile
and exciting time for a country whose long history has been
characterized by dramatic power play. Evolving out of two years of
fieldwork in Istanbul, this book examines the fragmenting Islamist
political movement in Turkey. As Turkey emerges from a repressive
modernizing project, various political identities are emerging and
competing for influence. The Islamist movement celebrates the
failure of Western liberalism in Turkey and the return of politics
based on Muslim ideals. However, this vision is threatened by
Kurdish nationalism and the country's troubled past.
Is Islamist multiculturalism even possible? The ethnic tensions
surfacing in Turkey beg the question whether the Muslim Turks and
Kurds can find common ground in religion. Houston argues that such
unification depends fundamentally upon the flexibility of the
rationale behind the Islamist movement's struggle.
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