Mosques in the Secularization Process - From Late Ottoman to Early Republic

"[…] Contrary to popular belief, mosques are not merely formatted temples. Religion and the state walk side by side and take on a founding role when they build a new regime, sometimes making people
It is sometimes the 'feared' place of Islamist opposition to a reform regulating the religious sphere, through the religious officials next to it and their sermons and sermons; They are among the actors of the secularization process with their time-consuming nature. […] While the new regime reproduces mosques within their own context, mosques also give their characteristics to the secularization process of the new regime." Mosques, which have a meaning far beyond being just a place of worship, and the political discourse established around mosques and actions in this direction have been the subject of debate from the first years of the Republic to the present day. In this book, Deniz Parlak examines the role of mosques in both society and government from the late Ottoman period to the early Republic, the Turkishization of the Quran and the adhan, the replacement of education in mosques with modern education, the debates on the spatial existence of mosques, and the Presidency of Religious Affairs. It aims to understand the "fuzzy" secularization of Turkey with topics such as: It investigates the allegations about mosques, which have been the subject of debate between political poles since the first years of the Republic, through the publications and archives of the period, and seeks answers to the allegations.

(From the Promotional Bulletin)

Dough Type: 2nd Dough

Number of Pages: 368

Size: 13 x 19.5

First Print Year: 2020

Number of Printings: 1st Edition

Language Turkish