Between Allah and Atatűrk: Liberal Islam in Turkey.

Thomas W. Smith

Between Allah and Atatűrk: Liberal Islam in Turkey.

University of South Florida

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<p> At a time when the Turkish model of state secularism is being held up for other Muslim countries to emulate, Turks themselves are rethinking that secular framework. In the election of November 2002 the Justice and Development Party, a ‘reformed’ Islamist party, swept into power and has become what is by almost all accounts the most liberal and least corrupt government in Turkey’s history. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdo&gbreve;an has grafted a tolerant, populist, Western-friendly Islamist movement onto the country’s Kemalist roots. The government has stressed the preservation of Turkey’s Islamic heritage but also holds out the possibility of a moral community in the face of widespread graft and corruption. The article highlights the practice of liberal Islam in terms of popular culture, relations with the EU, and ‘Islamic’ conceptions of human rights, women’s rights, minority rights, political economy and foreign policy.</p>

Original language	American English
Journal	Default journal
State	Published - Jan 1 2005

Keywords

Islam
Turkey
Government
Politics
Human rights

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Arts and Humanities
History

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