This book is an analytical study of secularism in contemporary
Turkey by tracing its historical trajectory within the context of
political transformation in a country that experienced a social and
cultural rupture in its formative years. Its principal focus is on
the policies and practices of the current ruling party, the Justice
and Development Party (JDP), which has influenced the process of
change, evolution, and transformation with regard to secularism and
state policies toward religion. Following its foundation in 2001,
the JDP developed a unique approach to conceptualising the
relationship between state and religion. In contrast to other
mainstream parties and political positions both in the past and
present, it offers an alternative vision and model to that of
inherited Kemalist secularism, as formulated by Mustafa Kemal
Ataturk (the founder of modern Turkey) and refined by his close
associates in the formative period of the Republic. The project
draws its findings from in-depth interviews with members of
political parties, civil society activists and religious leaders.
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