The rise of political Islam in Turkey
By: Angel Rabasa, F. Stephen Larabee.
Contributors: Larabee, F. Stephen.
Publisher: RAND; RAND Corporation
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Santa Monica, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 132
ISBN-13: 9780833044570
Subjects: Islam and politics -- Turkey; Islam and state -- Turkey; Islam -- Turkey -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Figures; title: Tables; title: Summary; title: Acknowledgments; title: Glossary, list of symbols, etc.; title: Introduction; title: Structure of the report; title: The Islamic landscape in Turkey; title: Religion, ethnicity and politics; title: The management of Islam; title: Sufi brotherhoods; title: Religious movements; title: Islamic foundations; title: Islamic schools; title: Shiites and Alevis; title: Turkish attitudes toward religion; title: The violent fringe; title: Turks in Europe; title: The rise of political Islam in Turkey; title: The impact of the Kemalist revolution; title: The advent of multi-party democracy; title: The "Turkish-Islamic synthesis"; title: The impact of the ZAL reforms; title: The rise of the religious right; title: Political Islam in power : the welfare interlude; title: The impact of the February 28 process; title: The AKP in power; title: The reconfiguration of Turkish politics; title: The AKP : a new synthesis or Islamism in disguise?; title: "Green money"; title: The headscarf controversy; title: The Imam-Hatip schools controversy; title: Non-Muslims minorities under AKP rule; title: The AKP and the Kurds; title: The AKP and the military; title: AKP's foreign policy; title: Relations with Europe; title: Relations with the United States; title: Relations with the Middle East; title: Future prospects and implications; title: Whither Turkey : alternative political futures; title: Scenario 1 : the AKP pursues a moderate, EU-oriented path; title: Scenario 2 : creeping Islamization; title: Scenario 3 : military intervention; title: Implications for U.S. policy.