Political Parties and the Production of Islam-Secularism Cleavage in Turkey

This study demonstrates how profoundly Turkey's main social clevage –Islam versus Secularism – is produced and reproduced by political parties in their attempts to form coherent sociopolitical bloc as a basis of mass support. The main purpose is to challenge the paradigm which understands socia...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Toni Alaranta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Donner Institute 2014-12-01
Series:Approaching Religion
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Online Access:https://journal.fi/ar/article/view/67555