The JDP and Making the Post-Kemalist Secularism in Turkey

This book is an analytical study of secularism in contemporary Turkey by tracing its historical trajectory within the context of political transformation in a country that experienced a social and cultural rupture in its formative years. Its principal focus is on the policies and practices of the current ruling party, the Justice and Development Party (JDP), which has influenced the process of change, evolution, and transformation with regard to secularism and state policies toward religion. Following its foundation in 2001, the JDP developed a unique approach to conceptualising the relationship between state and religion. In contrast to other mainstream parties and political positions both in the past and present, it offers an alternative vision and model to that of inherited Kemalist secularism, as formulated by Mustafa Kemal Ataturk (the founder of modern Turkey) and refined by his close associates in the formative period of the Republic. The project draws its findings from in-depth interviews with members of political parties, civil society activists and religious leaders.

Draws its findings from in-depth interviews with members of civil society activists and leaders

Analyzes of secularism in Turkey by tracing its historical trajectory

Focuses on the policies and practices of the current ruling party

Auteur

Pinar Kandemir is a senior executive in the media sector.

Contenu

Introduction.- Chapter 1 two sides of the same secularism story: Kemalists versus non-kemalists in modern turkey.- Chapter 2 The anatomy of the Jdp and the emergence of post-kemalist secularism.- Chapter 3 Jdp's secularism and the headscarf.- Chapter 4 The jdp's secularism and religious education.- Chapter 5: Jdp's secularism and turkey's religious and sectarian minorities.- Conclusion. <p