Democracy, Islam and Dialogue: The Case of Turkey.

The writer contends that Turkey's Islamist-leaning Justice and Development Party, or AKP, government seems to give the country considerable scope for broadening the horizon of its long-running aspiration toward democratization and the reconciliation of Islam and democracy. He outlines a deliberativ...

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Publicado en:Government & Opposition Vol. 40; no. 4; pp. 515 - 540
Autor principal: Kanra, Bora
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell Autumn 2005
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