The Formation of Turkish Republicanism

by Banu Turnaoğlu

Book Overview

Turkish republicanism is commonly thought to have originated with Mustafa Kemal Atat rk and the founding of modern Turkey in 1923, and understood exclusively in terms of Kemalist ideals, characterized by the principles of secularism, nationalism, statism, and populism. Banu Turnaoğlu challenges this view, showing how Turkish republicanism represents the outcome of centuries of intellectual dispute in Turkey over Islamic and liberal conceptions...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691210136
• ISBN13: 9780691210131
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"