Secularism and Muslim Democracy in Turkey

by M. Hakan Yavuz

Book Overview

In 2002 the Islamist Justice and Development Party (AKP) swept to power in Turkey. Since then it has shied away from a hard-line ideological stance in favour of a more conservative and democratic approach. In this book, M. Hakan Yavuz negotiates this ambivalence asking whether it is possible for a political party with a deeply religious ideology to liberalise and entertain democracy or whether, as he contends, radical religious groups moderate their...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521717329
• ISBN13: 9780521717328
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 322 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.8"