Nostalgia for the Modern: State Secularism and Everyday Politics in Turkey
(Part of the Politics, History, and Culture Series)
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As the twentieth century drew to a close, the unity and authority of the secularist Turkish state were challenged by the rise of political Islam and Kurdish separatism on the one hand and by the increasing demands of the European Union, the International Monetary Fund, and the World Bank on the other. While the Turkish government had long limited Islam-the religion of the overwhelming majority of its citizens-to the private sphere, it burst into the...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0822338955
ISBN13:9780822338956
Release Date:August 2006
Publisher:Duke University Press
Length:240 Pages
Weight:0.75 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"
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