Islam and secularism in Turkey : Kemalism, religion and the nation state /
Kemal Ataturk's Republic of Turkey was set up in 1923 as a secular state, sweeping political, social, cultural and religious reforms followed. Islam was no longer the official religion of the state, the Sultanate was abolished and all Turkish citizens were declared equal without reference to re...
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London ; New York : New York :
I.B. Tauris ; Distributed in the USA by Palgrave Macmillan,
2010.
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| Series: | International library of twentieth century history ;
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Table of Contents:
- Reactionary Islam: the Menemen Incident (1930)
- Turkish Islam: the reform of Turkish Ezan (1932-33)
- Turkish Islam contested: the Ezan debate and secularism (1950)
- Reactionary Islam as violent threat: the Malatya Incident (1952)
- Reactionary Islam as creeping threat: Said Nursi and his disciples (1959-60)
- Turkish Islam reappropriated: Alevism in alliance with Kemalism (1966)
- Conclusion.