Political Islam and the Secular State in Turkey: Democracy, Reform and the Justice and Development Party

by Evangelia Axiarlis

How safe is Turkey's liberal democracy? The rise to power in 2002 of the right-leaning Islamic Justice and Development Party ignited fears in the West that Turkey could no longer be relied upon to provide a buffer against the growth of Islamic fundamentalism in the Middle East. Once hailed by the West as a model of secularism and moderation in the Muslim world, Turkey is now seen to be under the influence of the 'creeping Islamisation' of the JDP...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1780769237
• ISBN13: 9781780769233
• Release Date: June 2014
• Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"