Secularism and Muslim democracy
By: M. Hakan Yavuz.
Series: Cambridge Middle East studies ; 28
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 301
ISBN-13: 9780521888783
Subjects: AK Parti (Turkey); Islam and politics -- Turkey; Islam and state -- Turkey; Secularism -- Turkey -- 21st century; Turkey -- Politics and government -- 1980-
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: What is an Islamic and non-Islamic party?; title: The socio-political context; title: Political origins of the AKP; title: Ideology, organization and parliamentary group of the AKP; title: The two queen bees: Erdogan and Gul; title: Modes of secularism; title: The AKP and the Kurdish question; title: Foreign policy-EU/Cyprus and USA/Iraq; title: The crisis and the 2007 elections.