THE VEILING, ISSUE OFFICIAL SECULARISM AND POPULAR ISLAM IN MODERN TURKEY

By ELISABETH OZDAL

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Description

The rise to power of the Turkish Islamists is a result of several decades of revivalism. In this process the veil has been a prominent symbol of the new religious puritanism. This book describes the conflict over the veil as it became a burning issue in the decade following the military intervention of 1980.

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Book Details

ISBN: 0700709835
Categories:
All Products, ISLAM, Non Fiction, Religion and Spirituality
Format: Hardback
Publication Date: 1998
Number of Pages: 105
Author:
ELISABETH OZDAL
Publisher: CURZON PRESS LONDON
Language: English
Weight: 0.34 g

About the Author

Elisabeth Ozdalga is a researcher dividing her time between the Swedish Research Institute in Istanbul and the Middle East Technical University in Ankara.

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