Secularism and State Religion in Modern Turkey: Law, Policy-Making and the Diyanet

Cover
Author Biography
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Introduction Turkey: Confusing and Confused
	Contrasted Facts, Perspectives and Results
	Alternatives to Positivism
	The Methodological Apparatus: Pluralism – not Secularism
	The Diyanet’s Place and Role in Turkey
	What is – and is not – in this Book?
Part I Background
	1. A General Interlegal Background
		The Political Background
		The Religious Background
		The Social Background
	2. Introducing the Diyanet: Structure, Discourse and Criticisms
		Historical Evolution
		Organisational Structure Today
		The Diyanet’s Official Discourse
		Criticisms
Part II Three Facets
	3. The State’s Management of Religion
		Turkish Laicism in Light of the Constitutions
		The Parliamentary Acts
		The Statutory Laws of the Diyanet
	4. The Diyanet’s Interpretation of Islam
		The Diyanet on Islamic Religion and Law
		The Diyanet on Axes of Authority
		Islam and the Diyanet in the Socio-Legal Sphere
	5. The Diyanet and Society
		Interactions with non-Muslim Minorities
		Interactions with Muslim Communities
		Interactions with ‘Secular’ Groups
		Features of Society and the Diyanet
		The Diyanet’s International Relevance
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index