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From Nationalization Of Islam To Privatization Of Nationalism: Islam And Turkish National Identity, Tamer Balci
From Nationalization Of Islam To Privatization Of Nationalism: Islam And Turkish National Identity, Tamer Balci
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This article traces the origins of various proposals to nationalize Islam in Turkey. The initial Turkish proposals failed because none of them had a feasible philosophical base to facilitate the co-existence of Islam and secularism. Aside from the previous studies on the nationalization of Islam, this article carries the topic to the Cold War by arguing that the Turkish-Islamic Synthesis was the last stage on the nationalization of Islam. Since TIS had no vision to alter the official ideology, Kemalism, and it claimed the compatibility of Islam, nationalism, secularism as well as Kemalism, it fulfilled the need of a national …