Populist and Pro-Violence State Religion: The Diyanet's Construction of Erdoğanist Islam in Turkey

by smail Albayrak and Ihsan Yilmaz

This book explores state-religion relations under a populist authoritarian ruling party in Turkey. In doing so, it investigates how the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) instrumentalizes state-controlled religion to further, defend, legitimatize and propagate its authoritarian populist political agenda in a constitutionally secular nation-state. To exemplify this, the authors examine the Friday sermons delivered weekly in every mosque...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9811667098
• ISBN13: 9789811667091
• Release Date: January 2023
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.3"