Turkish Islamism in the Post-gezi Park Era

The Gezi Park protests have stirred serious controversy both inside and outside Turkey on the JDP’s ruling style and ideology. By drawing on el-Affendi’s distinction between the Medina and Damascus models, I discuss the Islamist opposition to Erdoğan during the Gezi events. I argue that notwithstan...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:66bcad321625426e86f20163cf63b86a2021-12-02T17:26:12ZTurkish Islamism in the Post-gezi Park Era10.35632/ajis.v31i1.10322690-37332690-3741https://doaj.org/article/66bcad321625426e86f20163cf63b86a2014-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ajis.org/index.php/ajiss/article/view/1032https://doaj.org/toc/2690-3733https://doaj.org/toc/2690-3741 The Gezi Park protests have stirred serious controversy both inside and outside Turkey on the JDP’s ruling style and ideology. By drawing on el-Affendi’s distinction between the Medina and Damascus models, I discuss the Islamist opposition to Erdoğan during the Gezi events. I argue that notwithstanding his recent Islamization policies, Erdoğan’s JDP is a conservative party that caters to Muslim nationalism while a new Islamism as an ethico-political ideal has been in the making by the praxis of the new Islamist youth. Halil Ibrahim YenigunInternational Institute of Islamic ThoughtarticleIslamBP1-253ENAmerican Journal of Islam and Society, Vol 31, Iss 1 (2014)
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Turkish Islamism in the Post-gezi Park Era
description The Gezi Park protests have stirred serious controversy both inside and outside Turkey on the JDP’s ruling style and ideology. By drawing on el-Affendi’s distinction between the Medina and Damascus models, I discuss the Islamist opposition to Erdoğan during the Gezi events. I argue that notwithstanding his recent Islamization policies, Erdoğan’s JDP is a conservative party that caters to Muslim nationalism while a new Islamism as an ethico-political ideal has been in the making by the praxis of the new Islamist youth.
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