1st Edition
The Veiling Issue, Official Secularism and Popular Islam in Modern Turkey
By Elisabeth Ozdalga
Copyright 1998
128 Pages
by
Routledge
128 Pages
by
Routledge
128 Pages
by
Routledge
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In the Turkish elections of December 1995, the Islamic Welfare Party became the biggest Party in parliament and for the first time in history, an Islamic party had come to power by means of free elections. The rise to power of the Turkish Islamists is a result of several decades of revivalism. In this process the veil has been a prominent symbol of the new religious puritanism,... Read more
Preface, Acknowledgements, Author's Note, Glossary, Introduction, Historical Background, Official Secularism and Popular Islam, Islam and the Politics of Reconciliation, Legal Aspects of Veiling, Three Case Studies, Conclusion, Bibliography, Index
Biography
Elisabeth Ozdalga
'The strength of "The Veiling Issue" lies in its concise explanations about the legal aspect of veiling, a subject that is steeped in contradictions and confusions.' - Zehra Gulbahar, MESA Bulletin
