Turkish islam and the secular state the gülen movement pdf

Turkish diaspora, turkish politics, islamic movements. In bringing the nomadic tribes to heel, reza shah was simply. Politics of ethnicity in central asia, nations and nationalism, vol. Consider also that, while the coup attempt was underway, it was disavowed by leaders of the republican peoples party chp, the party of.

Australia, turkey, and understandings of islam in a. Moreover, the recent islamic state in iraq and syria isis terrorist attacks. Transformation of sufibased communities in modern turkey. This book explores the sociopolitical conditions and cultural venues in which islamic. Islam dan modernitas dalam pandangan fethullah gulen. Political identity globalized world muslim world turkish society islamic state. Throughout the middle east, the clash between islamic forces and authoritarian states has undermined many democratization efforts. According to the report izmir prosecutor berkan karakaya wrote in the indictment that was accepted. At least as troubling, though, is the unavoidable conclusion that gulen and his hizmet movement bear much of the responsibility for the destruction of turkeys secular modernization program and its setback onto a pre. In azerbaijan, inspired and influenced by his ideas, many turkish businessmen and educators have endorsed and supported his movement, most importantly with a huge network of private high schools.

This paper reveals and analyses the ethnic politics mobilised by a fast. Second, being sympathetic to a group does not automatically undermine an academics work on it. This agreement emanates from the shifting dynamics between islamic ways of life and the conduct of the state. Gulen and the hizmet movement, be it academic, apologetic or. Its first institutionseducational centers, boarding houses, schools, business associationswere established when a partly dutcheducated second generation came to adulthood in the mid1990s. Fethullah gulen the hizmet movement dialogue platform. Political islam in turkey came to be dominated by these two movements following distinct methods.

The gulen movement, edited by hakan yavuz and john esposito, appeared on time when there is an increasing interest in. He has inspired many people in turkey to establish educational institutions that combine modern sciences with ethics and spirituality. Since 1989 she has also spent much time studying the state of religion in post. The book cogently traces the origins of gulens ideology and his early efforts to propagate his views through educational activities. Civil society and islamic ngos in secular turkey and their. Politics of ethnicity in central asia article in nations and nationalism 103. Turkey, political islam, gulen movement, fundamentalism. Gulen stresses education as the vehicle for transforming the contemporary world. Contributors describe its intellectual and religious formation, its spread across turkey and central asia, and its influence on. Turkish law requires postponement of the arrest of pregnant women until they give birth and the infant reaches the age of six months. Faruq tuncer, fethullah gulens methodology of interpreting quran, makalah. Islam and the secular state abdullahi ahmed annaim. Duality and the development of turkish foreign policy toward the arabisraeli conflict, arab studies quarterly.

The gulen movement home center for security policy. Understanding the gulen movement center for security studies. The gulen movement has been active among immigrant workers from turkey in the netherlands since the 1980s. Islam is the most practiced religion in the country. Certainly in the turkish context, the more one perceives the movement as a moreorless hierarchical, disciplined, and conspiratorial organization that seeks to penetrate and undermine the turkish state and society from within, the more one is inclined to adopt an essentially political interpretation of the movements activities. Foreign policy related to the 2008 poll, gulen explained that islam lacked. Assertive secularism and its critics in turkey the turkish republic is the first secular state with a muslim majority society. Google scholar ahmet t kuru 2003 fethullah gulen s search for a middle way between modernity and muslim tradition, in yavuz ed.

The blurry line between religion and secularism in turkey. Turkey s islamic supremacist cult and its contribution to the civilization jjihad in america is published in the united states by the center for security policy press, a division of the center for security policy. A radical consequence of modernity publish your masters. Bold, pragmatic, and deeply rooted in islamic history and theology, islam and the secular state offers a workable future for the place of shari. Australia, turkey, and understandings of islam in a secular age. It details the various strategies employed by gulens followers to put his ideas into practice, both in turkey and around the world. He is a retired statelicensed preacher and is considered one of the. Secularism or laicite was first introduced with the 1928 amendment of the constitution of 1924, which removed the provision declaring that the religion of the state is islam, and with the later reforms of turkey s first president mustafa kemal ataturk, which set the administrative and. A bargain between the secular state and turkish islam. While it is an islamic movement at its root, today the movement has become a strong network, able to successfully combine tradition and modernity in an authentic way, and embrace social life as whole. It is believed gulen, as a visionary religious leader, opened doors for turkish people in the modern world.

As they explain in the introduction, the turkish states conception of islam is informed by its understanding of secularism as. Turam 2004 b a bargain between the secular state and turkish islam. Secularism in turkey defines the relationship between religion and state in the country of turkey. Evolving views of islamic law in turkey cambridge core. In fact, he suggests, the very idea of an islamic state is based on european ideas of state and law, and not shari. Esposito entitled turkish islam and the secular state. The established presence of islam in the region that now constitutes modern turkey dates back to the latter half of the 11th century, when the seljuks started expanding into eastern anatolia according to religiosity polls, 63.