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TURKEY’S SECULARISM EXPERIMENT AS AN IMPEDIMENT TO DEMOCRATIC CONSOLIDATION

Cilt: 4 Sayı: 1 15 Haziran 2021
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TURKEY’S SECULARISM EXPERIMENT AS AN IMPEDIMENT TO DEMOCRATIC CONSOLIDATION

Abstract

Despite having a secular government since the foundation of Turkish Republic, certain segments of Turkish society have suffered from the pathological state-religion relationship. Turkey has been one and only Muslim and also a secular democratic country in the Middle East. Thus politics and religion relationship in Turkey has been of scholarly endeavor. The sui generis secularism style of Turkey has steadily undermined democratic consolidation as a result of weakening the principles of religious pluralism and equality. Using “assertive secularism” coined by Ahmet Kuru (2006) and “democratic consolidation” described by Alfred Stepan and Juan Linz (1996) as the theoretical framework, the purpose of this study is to cover the problem of democratic consolidation in Turkey vis-à-vis the illiberal and nondemocratic practices secularism policies have steadily caused. The Alevi citizens, and practicing Muslim citizens (in this study the women wearing headscarf) have been subjected to unfair state policies. The argument of this study is that Turkey’s secularism weakens democracy rather than making it a consolidated one. The headscarf ban until it is lifted in 2013 has been one of the problems that eroded democratic consolidation in Turkey. With regard to Alevi citizens, the Directorate of Religious Affairs (DRA) which put a state-sponsored monopoly over religious life has been another factor that has undermined democracy. DRA has narrowed the social and legal grounds of religious pluralism. The exclusion of Alevi citizens from the DRA has created crisis repeatedly. Alevi citizens face discrimination and this erodes democratic consolidation as well.

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Kaynakça

  1. Kuru, A., (2009). Secularism and State Policies toward Religion: The United States, France, and Turkey, Cambridge University Press.

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İngilizce

Konular

Siyaset Bilimi

Bölüm

Araştırma Makalesi

Yayımlanma Tarihi

15 Haziran 2021

Gönderilme Tarihi

2 Mart 2021

Kabul Tarihi

16 Nisan 2021

Yayımlandığı Sayı

Yıl 2021 Cilt: 4 Sayı: 1

Kaynak Göster

APA
Burak, B. (2021). TURKEY’S SECULARISM EXPERIMENT AS AN IMPEDIMENT TO DEMOCRATIC CONSOLIDATION. Journal of Political Administrative and Local Studies, 4(1), 54-71. https://izlik.org/JA79DL58JK
AMA
1.Burak B. TURKEY’S SECULARISM EXPERIMENT AS AN IMPEDIMENT TO DEMOCRATIC CONSOLIDATION. JPAL. 2021;4(1):54-71. https://izlik.org/JA79DL58JK
Chicago
Burak, Begüm. 2021. “TURKEY’S SECULARISM EXPERIMENT AS AN IMPEDIMENT TO DEMOCRATIC CONSOLIDATION”. Journal of Political Administrative and Local Studies 4 (1): 54-71. https://izlik.org/JA79DL58JK.
EndNote
Burak B (01 Haziran 2021) TURKEY’S SECULARISM EXPERIMENT AS AN IMPEDIMENT TO DEMOCRATIC CONSOLIDATION. Journal of Political Administrative and Local Studies 4 1 54–71.
IEEE
[1]B. Burak, “TURKEY’S SECULARISM EXPERIMENT AS AN IMPEDIMENT TO DEMOCRATIC CONSOLIDATION”, JPAL, c. 4, sy 1, ss. 54–71, Haz. 2021, [çevrimiçi]. Erişim adresi: https://izlik.org/JA79DL58JK
ISNAD
Burak, Begüm. “TURKEY’S SECULARISM EXPERIMENT AS AN IMPEDIMENT TO DEMOCRATIC CONSOLIDATION”. Journal of Political Administrative and Local Studies 4/1 (01 Haziran 2021): 54-71. https://izlik.org/JA79DL58JK.
JAMA
1.Burak B. TURKEY’S SECULARISM EXPERIMENT AS AN IMPEDIMENT TO DEMOCRATIC CONSOLIDATION. JPAL. 2021;4:54–71.
MLA
Burak, Begüm. “TURKEY’S SECULARISM EXPERIMENT AS AN IMPEDIMENT TO DEMOCRATIC CONSOLIDATION”. Journal of Political Administrative and Local Studies, c. 4, sy 1, Haziran 2021, ss. 54-71, https://izlik.org/JA79DL58JK.
Vancouver
1.Begüm Burak. TURKEY’S SECULARISM EXPERIMENT AS AN IMPEDIMENT TO DEMOCRATIC CONSOLIDATION. JPAL [Internet]. 01 Haziran 2021;4(1):54-71. Erişim adresi: https://izlik.org/JA79DL58JK

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