Shaping Turkey's futurediscourse : political Islam or civil Islam

The current political impasse in Turkey has brought to light the contest between political Islam represented by the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and civil Islam embodied by the Hizmet movement inspired by Turkish imam and philosopher Fethullah Gulen. The outcome will have significant i...

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Main Author: Mohammed Nawab Mohamed Osman
Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
Format: Commentary
Language:English
Published: 2014
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/102172
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/19898
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Institution: Nanyang Technological University
Language: English
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Summary:The current political impasse in Turkey has brought to light the contest between political Islam represented by the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and civil Islam embodied by the Hizmet movement inspired by Turkish imam and philosopher Fethullah Gulen. The outcome will have significant impact on Turkey and the larger Muslim world.