The development of secularism in Turkey

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The development of secularism in Turkey

Niyazi Berkes ; with a new introduction by Feroz Ahmad

Routledge, 1998

  • : softcover

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Originally published: Montreal : McGill University Press, 1964

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

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First published in 1964, this is one of the most important books written on modern Turkey. Long unavailable in the English language, this edition brings new life to the influential ideas and analysis of Niyazi Berkes. Examining Turkey's transformation toward a secular state, it traces the complex relationship between technical and economic changes, as well as the political and religious.

Table of Contents

  • 1: Introduction
  • Introduction
  • 2: The Glimmerings 1718-1826
  • 1: Silhouette of a Renaissance
  • 2: Reaction against Innovation
  • 3: The New Order and Its Fall
  • 3: The Break-Through 1826-78
  • 4: Foundations of a Secular State
  • 5: Tanzimat
  • 6: The Secularism of the Tanzimat
  • 7: The Constitutional Movement
  • 8: Constitution of 1876
  • 4: The Reaction 1878-1908
  • 9: Constitutional Absolutism
  • 10: The Reactions against the Reaction
  • 5: Search for a Fulcrum 1908-19
  • 11: The Me?rutiyet
  • 12: Three Proposed Roads to Reconstruction
  • 13: Reforming the Institutions
  • 14: The Secularism of the Me?rutiyet
  • 6: The Struggle for Establishment of a Secular Nation-State 1919-39
  • 15: The Birth of a Nation under Fire
  • 16: The Kemalist Reforms
  • 17: The Secularism of the Kemalist Regime
  • 7: Conclusion
  • 7: Conclusion

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