Islam in modern Turkey : religion, politics, and literature in a secular state

When the Turkish republic was founded in 1923, secularism was adopted as one of the key principles of the new state, and religious expression was brought under strict government supervision. Republican ideology and its associated institutions came to dominate much of everyday life. Only after 1950, when the centre-right Democrat party was elected, did this repressive attitude to religion cease. The growth in popular religious sentiment became particularly evident in the 1980s with the proliferation of religious newspapers and literature. Contents Editor’s Foreword 1. Introduction Part I. Islam and Nationalism as Political Ideologies 2. Religion and Political Culture in Turkey 3 Religion, Education and Continuity in a Provincial Town 4. Mosque or Health Centre?: A Dispute in a Gecekondu 5. Ethnic Islam and Nationalism among the Kurds in Turkey 6. The Nakşibendi Order in Turkish History Part II. Turkish Muslim Intellectuals and the Production of Islamic Knowledge 7. Islamic Education in Turkey: Medrese Reform in Late Ottoman Times and Imam—Hatip Schools in the Republic 8. Muslim Identity in Children's Picture-Books 9. The New Muslim Intellectuals in the Republic of Turkey Part III. Islamic Literature and Literacy in Contemporary Turkey 10. Traditional Sufi Orders on the Periphery: Kadiri and Nakşibendi Islam in Konya and Trabzon 11. Pluralism Versus Authoritarianism: Political Ideas in Two Islamic Publications 12. Women in the Ideology of Islamic Revivalism in Turkey: Three Islamic Women's Journals Notes on Contributors Index I. Islam And Nationalism As Political Ideologies. Religion And Political Culture In Turkey / İlter Turan -- Religion, Education And Continuity In A Provinical Town / Richard Tapper And Nancy Tapper -- Mosque Or Health Centre? : A Dispute In A Gecekondu / Akile Gürsoy-tezcan -- Ethnic Islam And Nationalism Among The Kurds In Turkey / Lâle Yalçin-heckmann -- The Nakşibendi Order In Turkish History / Şerif Mardin -- Edited By Richard Tapper. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Examines the resurgence of Islam in the avowedly secular state of Turkey. The book examines how the political and social culture of Turkey has shaped, and been shaped by, such features of Islamic life as schools, Sufi orders, mosques and pious literature. A systematic account of the life, works, and accomplishments of al- Kirmani, an important Ismaili Muslim scholar and writer in the fields of philosophy and science who lived during the first half of the 11th century AD