The Politics of Education in Turkey: Islam, Neoliberalism and Gender

by Zühre Emanet

Control over education has been a keenly contested area since the Justice and Development Party (AKP) came to power in Turkey. Central to this contest has been the question of whose values would be passed down to future generations, with the inculcation of gender segregation in primary schools a key marker in ongoing cultural battles over Turkey's secularist founding principles and the growing dominance of Islamist political movements.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0755636694
• ISBN13: 9780755636693
• Release Date: July 2023
• Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"