Islam, secularism, and nationalism in modern Turkey :
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[Book]
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who is a Turk? /
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Soner Cagaptay.
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New York :
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Routledge,
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2006.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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1 online resource (xx, 262 pages) :
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illustrations, maps
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Routledge studies in Middle Eastern history
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-244) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Introduction : Turkish nationalism today -- Ch. 1. From the Muslim millet to the Turkish nation : the Ottoman Legacy -- Ch. 2. Secularism, Kemalist nationalism, Turkishness, and the minorities in the 1920s -- Ch. 3. Kemalism par excellence in the 1930s : the rise of Turkish nationalism -- Chapter 4. Who is a Turk? : Kemalist citizenship policies -- Ch. 5. Defining the boundaries of Turkishness : Kemalist immigration and resettlement policies -- Ch. 6. Secularized Islam defines Turkishness : Kurds and other Muslims as Turks -- Ch. 7. Ethno-religious limits of Turkishness : Christians excluded from the nation -- Ch. 8. Jews in the 1930s : Turks or not? -- Conclusion : understanding Turkish nationalism in modern Turkey : the Kemalist legacy.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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"Common wisdom argues that in the interwar period, Kemalist secularism was very successful in eliminating religion from the public sphere in Turkey, leaving Turkish national identity devoid of religious content. However, Islam, Secularism, and Nationalism in Modern Turkey reaches another conclusion through an investigation of the impact of the Ottoman millet system on Turkish and Balkan nationalism. It demonstrates that even though Mustafa Kemal Ataturk successfully secularized Turkey's political structure in the interwar period, the legacy of the Ottoman millet system, which divided the Ottoman population into religious compartments called millets, shaped Turkey's understanding of nationalism in the same era."--Jacket.
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Islam, secularism, and nationalism in modern Turkey.