New Turkey and Management of the Religious Realm
Continuities and Ruptures
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2631497 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Salim Çevik (0000-0003-4754-8375, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, German Institute for International and Security Affairs, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 34 |
| Publication date | 2022-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European journal of Turkish studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1773-0546 • E-ISSN: 1773-0546 |
| Publisher | OpenEdition (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.4000/ejts.8080 |
| OpenAlex | W4383961003 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 22 |
This article analyses the relationship between religion and the state in the AKP era and discusses whether AKP policies represent a rupture with the republican era or a continuity. The AKP developed a multi-faceted and comprehensive policy for controlling the religious realm in Turkey. Employing the Diyanet as the true representative of Islam and forging alliances with cemaats have strong historical precedents, yet the amount of resources the AKP invested are significantly greater. Moreover, it is not only that AKP devoted more resources to the religious field (quantitative change), but also that it did this in novel ways (that amount to a qualitative change). First, these institutions are not being developed as alternatives to each other but as parts or layers of a more complementary strategy. Second, these various institutions and communities are merging with the AKP and losing their autonomy. By co-opting all these institutions and organisations, Erdoğan controls most of the religious realm in Turkey. If one of the unique dimensions of Turkish secularism is the state’s desire to maintain control over all religious activity, ironically, it is Erdoğan who has come closest to achieve this
Autonomy · Islam · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Realm · Secularism · Sociology · Theology · Turkish · Islamic Studies and History · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Philosophy · Turkey's Politics and Society
Religious Politics in Turkey
Islamic Political Identity in Turkey
An alternative reading of religion and authoritarianism
Creating a pious generation
State in Society
Secularism and State Policies toward Religion
Work for the Nation, Obey the State, Praise the Ummah
Education as Battleground
Turkish Islamic Exceptionalism Yesterday and Today
Expansion of the Diyanet and the Politics of Family in Turkey under AKP Rule
A history of Turkey’s AKP-Gülen conflict
The role of religious education in hegemony construction
Diyanet and Politics
Parameters and Strategies of Islam–State Interaction in Republican Turkey
Turkey Between Democracy and Authoritarianism
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 1,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |