Liberal Thought and Islamic Politics in Turkey: Converging Paths

Cover -- GENERAL INTRODUCTION -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Basic Concepts and Ideas -- 2.1. Islamism -- 2.2. Internal Secularization and Internal Liberalization -- 3. Summary of the Essays -- 4. Historical Outline -- 4.1. The Ottoman Legacy -- 4.2. Modernization, Westernization, and Secularization -- 4.3. The Military Coup of 1980 and Onwards -- 4.4. The 1990s and the 28 February Process -- Bibliography -- ESSAY 1: THE 'LIBERAL-CONSERVATIVE' RAPPROCHEMENT IN TURKEY: THE CASE OF THE LIBERAL THOUGHT SOCIETY -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1. The LDT in the Turkish Academia -- 2. Liberalism in the Ottoman-Turkish Political Tradition: A Pre-History -- 3. Mardin's "Center-Periphery" Model: A Key to the LDT's Understanding of Turkish Politics -- 4. The Liberal Thought Society: A General Outlook -- 5. On Politics and Democracy: Basic Parameters for Limiting Political Power -- 5 .1. Private Property and Free Markets -- 5.2 . Individual Liberty -- 5.3. Culture, Tradition, and Religion -- 6. Kemalist Moder nization: Continuity and Rupture -- 6.1. K emalism and "Bureaucratic Dominance" -- 6.2. The Single-Party Re gime: Total "Bureaucratic Dominance" of Politics -- 6.3. The Pendulum Swing of Democracy in Turkey: "Bureaucratic Tutelage" -- 7. Search for a Political Subject: The LDT's Vision of a "Liberal-Conservative" Rapprochement -- 8. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- ESSAY 2: A LIBERAL PERSPECTIVE ON ISLAM AND SECULARISM IN TURKEY: REFLECTIONS ON THE LIBERAL THOUGHT SOCIETY -- 1. Introduction -- 2. "Laicist State versus Islamic Society": the Thesis of Exclusion -- 3. "Republican Failure" and the "Return of the Repressed" -- 4. The Sphere of Civil Society: The Case of the Tarikat -- 5. The Sphere of Politics: the Refah Partisi Dissolution Case -- 5.1 The Refah Partisi and the Takiyyah Debate