"POLITICAL SCIENCE International Relations General." . . "European union." . . "Foreign policy." . . "National Defense Research Institute (U.S.)" . . "RAND NATIONAL DEFENSE RESEARCH INST SANTA MONICA CA." . . "Russia." . . "Islam Turkey History." . . "Islam." . . "Islam" . "Islam and politics" . . "Democracy." . . "POLITICAL SCIENCE Comparative Politics." . . "Stabilization." . . "Islam et politique Turquie." . . "Islam et État Turquie." . . "POLITICAL SCIENCE Political Freedom & Security International Security." . . "Economic development." . . "Türkei." . . "Nato." . . "Intervention." . . "Europe." . . "National Defense Research Institute" . . "Government(foreign)" . . "Attitudes(psychology)" . . "Turkey" . . "Elections." . . "United states government." . . "Islam and politics Turkey." . . "POLITICAL SCIENCE Government Comparative." . . "POLITICAL SCIENCE Political Process Political Advocacy." . . "Political alliances." . . "Islam Turquía Historia." . . "Middle east." . . "Military forces(foreign)" . . . . . "Turkey, a Muslim-majority country, is pivotal to Western security interests in the Middle East. Its ruling party, the AKP, has Islamic roots but operates within a framework of strict secular democracy, which has generated controversy over the boundaries between secularism and religion. This monograph describes the politico-religious landscape in Turkey and evaluates how the balance between secular and religious forces has changed over the past decade." . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Electronic books"@en . . . . . . "The rise of political Islam in Turkey"@en . . "The rise of political Islam in Turkey" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "As a Muslim-majority country that is also a secular democratic state, a member of NATO, and a long-standing U.S. ally, Turkey is pivotal to U.S. strategy to shape the Middle Eastern security environment. Turkey also is a key test case for the role of Islam in politics and its influence on external policy. Until recently, Islamic parties in Turkey were largely a fringe movement. However, the success of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) in the past two national elections demonstrates the growing strength of a political movement with Islamic roots. That said, the AKP does not define itself as an Islamic party, and its electoral success does not translate into popular support for an Islamist agenda. Although the AKP won an overwhelming victory in the July 2007 election, it still faces serious challenges, including the possibility that it could be closed down. While the AKP has Islamist roots, it is fundamentally different from its predecessors -- the National Salvation, Welfare, and Virtue parties -- in terms of its ideology, its political goals, its market-oriented economic agenda, and the broader range of the electorate to which it appeals. Despite its origins, the AKP government has not pursued an overt Islamist agenda, although critics accuse it of infiltrating Islamists into the civil bureaucracy and condoning Islamization at the local level. The AKP government has given priority to pursuing Turkey's European Union (EU) membership, economic stability, and reform of the legal system over divisive symbolic issues such as the Islamic head scarf controversy. Over the next decade, Turkey could evolve in a number of different ways. Four possible \"alternative futures\" for Turkey are discussed in this monograph: (1) The AKP Pursues a Moderate, EU-Oriented Path; (2) Creeping Islamization; (3) Judicial Closing of the AKP; and (4) Military Intervention. The study also assesses the challenges and opportunities for U.S. policy in the changed Turkish political environment."@en . . . . . . "History" . . . . "History"@en . . . . "\"As a Muslim-majority country that is also a secular democratic state, a member of NATO, a candidate for membership in the European Union, a long-standing U.S. ally, and the host of Incirlik Air Base (a key hub for logistical support missions in Afghanistan and Iraq), Turkey is pivotal to U.S. and Western security interests in a critical area of the world. It also provides an example of the coexistence of Islam with secular democracy, globalization, and modernity. However, having a ruling party with Islamic roots--the Justice and Development Party (AKP)--within a framework of strict secularism has generated controversy over the boundaries between secularity and religion in the public sphere, leading to parliamentary elections, along with a new mandate for the party, in July 2007. This monograph describes the politico-religious landscape in Turkey and the relationship between the state and religion, and it evaluates how the balance between secular and religious forces--and between the Kemalist elites and new emerging social groups--has changed over the past decade. The study also assesses the new challenges and opportunities for U.S. policy in the changed Turkish political environment and identifies specific actions the United States may take to advance the U.S. interest in a stable, democratic, and friendly Turkey and, more broadly, in the worldwide dissemination of liberal and pluralistic interpretations of Islam\"--Provided by publisher."@en . "The Rise of Political Islam in Turkey"@en . "Livres électroniques" . . . . . "Government and political science." . . "Political parties." . . "Islam and state Turkey." . . "Geopolitics." . . "Humanities and history." . . "Islam y politica Turquía." . . "Islam and state" . . . . "Greece." . . "Islam Turquie Histoire." . . "Politik." . . "Turkey." . .