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Introduction: the Justice and Development Party : making choices, revisions and reversals interactively / Ümit Cizre -- The specific evolution of contemporary political Islam in Turkey and its 'difference' / Menderes Çinar and Burhanettin Duran -- Problematizing the intellectual and political vestiges : from 'welfare' to 'justice and development' / Ahmet Yildiz -- The emergence of Turkey's contemporary 'Muslim democrats' / Kenan Çayir -- The Justice and Development Party's 'new politics' : steering toward conservative democracy, a revised Islamic agenda or management of new crises? / Burhanettin Duran -- The Justice and Development Party and the Kemalist establishment / Menderes Çinar -- The Justice and Development Party and the military : recreating the past after reforming it? / Ümit Cizre -- The Justice and Development Party and the European Union : from Euro-scepticism to Euro-enthusiasm and Euro-fatigue / Ali Resul Usul -- The social bases of the Justice and Development Party / İbrahim Dalmis and Ertan Aydin

Concerned with the development of Islamic politics inside Turkey, in particular the rise of the Justice and Development Party that now rules the country, this text examines the changes that have taken place within the party itself, the role of the secular state and wider international issues including accession to the EU.

In seiner heftig umstrittenen Parteitagsrede vom 4.8.2002 hat der damalige türkische Vizepremier und Vorsitzende der Mutterlandspartei (ANAP), Mesut Yilmaz, ein Überdenken des "Konzepts der Nationalen Sicherheit" gefordert. Die Türkei müsse sich von ihrem "Sicherheitssyndrom" befreien, das nahezu jeden Schritt zur Zukunftssicherung des Landes behindere. Der Beitrag beleuchtet die der Kritik von Yilmaz zugrunde liegende Entwicklung der zivil-militärischen Beziehungen und des nationalen Sicherheitsdiskurses seit der politischen Intervention des Militärs im Februar 1997, die den damaligen Premierminister Erbakan zum Rücktritt zwang. Kurz eingegangen wird auf die Unvereinbarkeit der Vormachtstellung des Militärs und der Struktur des Nationalen Sicherheitsrats mit den EU-Beitrittskriterien (Kopenhagener Kriterien). In einem Post-script wird die Bedeutung des Wahlsiegs der AKP vom November 2002 für das Konzept der nationalen Sicherheit und die zivil-militärischen Beziehungen analysiert. (DÜI-Hns)

"After landslide electoral victories, two referenda and a presidential election, thirteen years of AK Party rule have shattered many myths regarding Turkey's politics and the nature of the party itself. This book argues that the last thirteen years are best understood via the AK party's interaction with the social-political realm. It focuses on criticism, dissent and opposition from prominent organized groups in Turkish society, which themselves represent significantly different traditions, ideologies and interests. Bringing together specialists from across the field, its chapters explore key societal actors to reveal the dynamics behind the last decade of AK Party rule. Overall, the book throws light on the extent to which the government's characters, trajectories, policies and leadership style have been interactively shaped by opposition and dissent. Exploring the historically unprecedented and politically controversial rule of the AK Party, as well as the relationship between modern societal groups and a government driven by a conservative Islamic tradition, this book is a valuable resource for students and scholars of Turkish studies, as well as politics more generally." (Publisher's description)