Islam, Kurds and the Turkish Nation State
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Civil Intent
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Eastern Nationalism
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ethnoreligious conflict
Greater Istanbul Municipality
identity politics
Islamist Discourse
Islamist movement dynamics in Turkey
Islamist multiculturalism
Islamist political movement
Kurdish Identity
Kurdish Islamism
Kurdish Muslims
Kurdish nationalism
Kurdish Problem
Kurdish Question
Med Tv
minority integration
Muslim World
Official Turkish Nationalism
Pax Ottomana
political anthropology
qualitative fieldwork
Refah Party
secularism in Turkey
Single Party Period
Sultan Fatih Mehmet
Tea Garden
Turkish Folk Music
Turkish Nation State
Turkish Nationalism
Turkish republicanism
Vice Versa
Western liberalism
Young Men
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- ISBN 9781859734728
- Weight: 412g
- Dimensions: 135 x 215mm
- Publication Date: 01 May 2001
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Can Islamism, as is often claimed, truly unite Muslim Turks and Kurds in a discourse that supersedes ethnicity? This is a volatile and exciting time for a country whose long history has been characterized by dramatic power play. Evolving out of two years of fieldwork in Istanbul, this book examines the fragmenting Islamist political movement in Turkey. As Turkey emerges from a repressive modernizing project, various political identities are emerging and competing for influence. The Islamist movement celebrates the failure of Western liberalism in Turkey and the return of politics based on Muslim ideals. However, this vision is threatened by Kurdish nationalism and the country's troubled past. Is Islamist multiculturalism even possible? The ethnic tensions surfacing in Turkey beg the question whether the Muslim Turks and Kurds can find common ground in religion. Houston argues that such unification depends fundamentally upon the flexibility of the rationale behind the Islamist movement's struggle.
Dr. Christopher Houston Lecturer in Anthropology,University of Canterbury, New Zealand
