Torn country : Turkey between secularism and Islamism /
Zeyno Baran examines the intense struggle between Turkey's secularists and Islamists in their most recent battles over their country's destination. Looking into the fate of both Turkey's secularism and its democratic experiment, she shows that, for all the flaws of its political journ...
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | English |
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Stanford, Calif. :
Hoover Institution Press, Stanford University,
2010
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Series: | Hoover Institution Press publication ;
590. |
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Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Summary: | Zeyno Baran examines the intense struggle between Turkey's secularists and Islamists in their most recent battles over their country's destination. Looking into the fate of both Turkey's secularism and its democratic experiment, she shows that, for all the flaws of its political journey, the modern Turkish state has managed to maintain an essential separation between religion and the political realm-a separation that is now in jeopardy. |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xviii, 173 pages) |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9780817911461 0817911464 9780817911485 0817911480 |
Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |