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An alternative reading of religion and authoritarianism: the new logic between religion and state in the AKPs New Turkey
Linköping University, Department of Social and Welfare Studies, REMESO - Institute for Research on Migration, Ethnicity and Society. Linköping University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
2019 (English)In: Journal of Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, ISSN 1468-3857, E-ISSN 1743-9639, Vol. 19, no 1, p. 79-98Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Since roughly 2011, the Turkish state and the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) have been going through a process of mutual transformation. Some of the historical apprehensions, biases and frustrations exhibited by Turkey as a middle power have been absorbed by the relatively reformist AKP. Conversely, the AKP and its undisputed leader Erdogan have seen their socio-political fears, power based conflicts and ethno-religious desires become dominant in all areas, including religion. As a consequence of this bilateral transformation, Turkey has become both an inclusionary and a hegemonic-authoritarian state, and at the same time a weak one. Within this new identity and structure of the state, Sunni Islam has become one of the regimes key focal points, with a new logic. This article seeks to explain the transformation of the relations between the AKPs Turkish state, religion and religious groups, by scrutinising Karrie Koesels logic of state-religion interaction in authoritarian regimes.

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Routledge, 2019. Vol. 19, no 1, p. 79-98
Keywords [en]
Religion; authoritarianism; Islam; Turkey; AKP (Justice and Development Party)
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Religious Studies
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URN: urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-155949DOI: 10.1080/14683857.2019.1576370ISI: 000461186700005Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85062342617OAI: oai:DiVA.org:liu-155949DiVA, id: diva2:1301286
Available from: 2019-04-01 Created: 2019-04-01 Last updated: 2019-04-09Bibliographically approved

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