Secularism and Muslim Democracy in Turkey » (New Edition)

M. Hakan Yavuz is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science and Center for Middle East Studies at The University of Utah. His recent publications include The Emergence of a New Turkey: Democracy and AK Parti (2006) and Islamic Political Identity in Turkey (2005).

Discusses if it is possible for a political party with deeply religious ideology to liberalise and entertain democracy.

Introduction What is an Islamic party? : is the AKP an Islamic party? 1

1 Historical and ideological background 14

2 Political and economic origins of the AKP : opportunity spaces and the backlash of February 28, 1997 45

3 Ideology, leadership and organization 79

4 Kabadayi and magdur : Erdogan and Gul 118

5 Modes of secularism 144

6 The Kurdish question and the AKP 171

7 The foreign policy of the AKP 202

8 The political crisis and the 2007 elections 239

Conclusion The end of dual sovereignty and the creole political language 267

Bibliography 282

Index 295