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Informationen zum Autor Kayhan Delibas is Lecturer in the School of Anthropology and Conservation at the University of Kent. He is also Lecturer in the Department of Sociology at the Adnan Menderes University, Aydin, Turkey. Klappentext Turkey! officially a secular state! voted in an Islamist party in 2002 and 2007. How far does this reflect the trend which has seen the rise of political Islam across the Middle East? Does this indicate a growing tendency in the direction of Islamisation amongst the Turkish population? The author answers these questions. Zusammenfassung Turkey, officially a secular state, voted in an Islamist party in 2002 and 2007. How far does this reflect the trend which has seen the rise of political Islam across the Middle East? Does this indicate a growing tendency in the direction of Islamisation amongst the Turkish population? The author answers these questions. Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of Contents Chapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: Political Islam in Turkey: Grassroots Activists and their Effect on the Rise of Pro-Islamic PartiesChapter 3: The Decline of the Turkish Political Party System, 1980-2002Chapter 4: From Movement to Political Party: The Changing Contours of Political Islam in TurkeyChapter 5: Explaining the Meaning of Party Membership: Routes to and Reasons for Party MembershipChapter 6: The Grassroots Activists: The Making of Islamic ActivismChapter 7: Not Like Any Other Party: The Effects of Grassroots Activism on Electoral OutcomesChapter 8: Conclusion: Fundamentalism Demystified
