The Development of Secularism in Turkey

by Niyazi Berkes

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415919838
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	02/09/1999
Edition description:	Reissue
Pages:	570
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

The late Niyazi Berkes was Director of Islamic Studies at McGill University.

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 MeŚrutiyet; 12: Three Proposed Roads to Reconstruction; 13: Reforming the Institutions; 14: The Secularism of the MeŚrutiyet; 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

Editorial Reviews

"If I am asked to recommend one book on modern Turkey, this is the one I recommend. Berkes is superior to all others because he alone examines the complex relationship between economic and technical change, and political and religious developments in the transformation of Turkey from a traditional to a secular state... Even now, Berkes offers much that is new and critical to our understanding of modern Turkey... It would be an excellent book to teach from." — Professor Feroz Ahmad, Boston University

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