The Veiling Issue, Official Secularism and Popular Islam in Modern Turkey (Nordic Institute of Asian Studies Nias Report Series)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: RoutledgeCurzon
Published: November 24, 1997
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9780700709830
Subjects: Cultural studies; Gender studies; Islamic studies; Political ideologies; Social groups & communities; Social Science; Religion - World Religions; Ethnic Issues; Sociology; Turkey; Ethnic Studies - General; Social Science / Ethnic Studies; Islam - General; Customs & Traditions
First sentence: the ban against tarikats represented a heavy blow, not only to a potential armed opposition, but also more generally against religion as such in modern Turkey.