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Title: Public Perceptions of Radical Islam: Democratic Consolidation Vs Secular Fundamentalism (Other Papers) (Report)
Author : Journal of Third World Studies
Release Date : January 22, 2011
Genre: Politics & Current Events,Books,
Pages : * pages
Size : 333 KB

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INTRODUCTION In Turkey, traditionally and historically, religion has been part of nationalism. Islamists have used a nationalist language and presented their movement as a nationalist one stressing the greatness of the Turkish nation. On the other hand, leftists and seculars have considered themselves as the real representatives of Turkish nationalism and have perceived the rise of religious nationalism as a serious threat for the secular regime of the state. The founders and traditional elite of the Turkish Republic used religion for the establishment of their regime, but they chose later to try to exclude religion from the social and cultural life of the society in addition to the state apparatus, thus giving the rightist parties the chance to use religion for their political ends. Whether the ruling party (AKP), whose leaders have Islamic origins, resorts to religious nationalism (stipulating the establishment of a community exclusively on the basis of religious beliefs and values) or represents the transformation of Islamist radicals into democrat and secular compromisers is the current problem concerning the future of Turkish democracy and Turkey's place in the West.