M Hakan Yavuz: 2 books
by M. Hakan Yavuz
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2003
In November of 2002, the Justice and Development Party swept to victory in the Turkish parliamentary elections. Because of the party's Islamic roots, its electoral triumph has sparked a host of questions both in Turkey and in the West: Does the party harbor a secret Islamist agenda? Will the new government...
by M. Hakan Yavuz
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2009
In 2002 the Islamist Justice and Development Party (AKP) swept to power in Turkey. Since then it has shied away from a hard-line ideological stance in favour of a more conservative and democratic approach. In this book, M. Hakan Yavuz negotiates this ambivalence asking whether it is possible for a...