Secular state and religious society : two forces in play in Turkey /
Turam, Berna.
New York : Palgrave Macmillan,
2012.
Based on a conference held in Amherst, Mass. and Hampshire College.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Secular State and Pious Muslims: Neither Rivals nor Allies for Life. Berna Turam -- 1. The Dynamic Nature of Educational Policies and Turkish Nation-Building: Where does Religion Fit in? / Yesim Bayar -- 2. Islam, Nation-State, and the Military: A Discussion of Secularism in Turkey / Sinem Gürbey -- 3. Secularists as the Saviors of Islam: Rearticulation of Secularism and the Freedom of Conscience in Turkey (1950) / Umut Azak -- 4. Does Secularism Face a Serious Threat in Turkey? / Metin Heper -- 5. Christian and Turkish: Secularist Fears of a Converted Nation / Esra Özyürek -- 6. Market Oriented Post-Islamism in Turkey / Tugrul Keskin -- 7. Conflict, Democratic Reform, and Big Business: Factors Shaping the Economic Elite's Position for Change / Devrim Yavuz -- 8. Religious Actors in a Democratic Civil Society: Turkey and Israel Compared / Aviad Rubin -- Afterword / Murat Günes Tezcür.
Islam and state
Secularism