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Islamism is a powerful political force in contemporary Turkey. But what are the roots of this ideology? This book provides an intellectual history of Islamism in Turkey, tracing the thought of key figures from the late Ottoman Empire to the contemporary period. Examining the works of Namik Kemal, Said Halim Pasa, Said Nursi, Ali Bulaç and others, the book puts these figures and their works in historical context, showing the origins of their ideas and how they changed as Turkey moved from a constitutional to an authoritarian and then more democratic political system, with democratic backsliding and rising authoritarianism today. Covering also the rise of Islamism as a political movement in the late 20th century, it provides important insight into the intellectual background of Islamism in contemporary Turkey under the rule of Recep Tayyip Erdogan's AKP.
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Table of Contents
Methodology
Defining Islamism
Periodization and book outline
Chapter 1: The Prologues of Islamist Thought
'Mussulmans are themselves the first victims of Islam.'
Jamal al-Din al-Afghani
Namik Kemal
The Emergence of Conservatism
Chapter 2: The First Generation (1908-1925)
The Emergence of Islamism
Mehmed Âkif Ersoy
Said Halim Pasa
The Emergence of the Republic
Chapter 3: The Second Generation (1943-1980)
The Demokrat Parti Era
Necip Fazil Kisakürek
Nurettin Topçu
Kisakürek's and Topçu's Methodology and Struggle
Said Nursî
Translations
Chapter 4: The Emergence of Islamist Political Parties
First attempts
Necmettin Erbakan and Millî Görüs
The 1980 Coup
Refah Partisi
The final evolution
Chapter 5: The Third Generation
Ali Bulaç
Modernity and the modern state
The Constitution of Medina
Ismet Özel
Cihan Aktas
Chapter 6: The AK Parti Era
Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the AK Parti Era
Hayreddin Karaman
Ibrahim Kalin
Conclusion
Product details
| Published | 28 May 2026 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 248 |
| ISBN | 9780755656516 |
| Imprint | I.B. Tauris |
| Illustrations | 2 B&W Images |
| Series | Contemporary Turkey |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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