The Nationalisation of the Central Islamic Reference Point: Islam and Populism in the History of Turkey

This article proposes a reflection on the exploitation of religion by populist parties in Turkey through an historical illumination of the first decades of the Republic, generally associated with the laity and a marked distancing from religion. This approach allows us to analyse the links between th...

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Veröffentlicht in:Concilium
1. VerfasserIn: Sarmis, Dilek ca. 20./21. Jh. (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Druck Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: SCM Press [2019]
In: Concilium
Jahr: 2019, Heft: 2, Seiten: 37-47
normierte Schlagwort(-folgen):B Turkey / Islam / Nationalism / Populism / History 1918-2016
RelBib Classification:AD Religionssoziologie; Religionspolitik
BJ Islam
KBL Naher Osten; Nordafrika
TK Neueste Zeit
weitere Schlagwörter:B Turkey
B Islam
B Populism
B ISLAM & culture
B Mental work
B Identity (Philosophical concept)
B ISLAM & politics
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Zusammenfassung:This article proposes a reflection on the exploitation of religion by populist parties in Turkey through an historical illumination of the first decades of the Republic, generally associated with the laity and a marked distancing from religion. This approach allows us to analyse the links between the reconfiguration of religion in various fields of political and intellectual activity in the young Turkish republic and the present day experiments by the party in power: these evidence a massive remobilisation of Islam as a significant indicator of culture and identity, modifying the topology of the major values of Turkish politics from a perspective of populism.
ISSN:0010-5236
Enthält:Enthalten in: Concilium