The Justice and Development Party (AK Party) gained the support of a significant part of the society in the election held in November 2002 and managed to be the power alone. Being in power by taking the votes of different segments of the society enabled the AK Party to determine its ideological framework and policies considering this situation. Despite of the fact that there is power with a wide alliance, the fact that the founding cadres of the party came from within a party of political Islam origin caused the questions about how the political power will relate to religion. The AK Party generally established its relationship with religion in the context of “religious freedoms” until the 2006-2008 period. The headscarf in the university has become one of these freedoms. As a matter of fact, contrary to the idea that the headscarf is not a political symbol problem or does not pose any threat to secularism, it has been claimed that the rejection of the headscarf, especially in universities, is a fundamental violation of rights and freedoms. The discourse of freedom regarding worship and ritualistic dimension of religion has been used frequently throughout this first government of the AK Party. The fact that the membership negotiations with the European Union (EU) are also continuing intensively and the support of liberals in the country has clearly highlighted the political power’s emphasis on freedom of religion. This emphasis on freedom of the AK Party, which was in power alone in the 2007 election, after this election victory, gave the first signs that it will start to leave its place to a political stance in which religious concerns are prioritized, and legal regulations have begun to be made in the light of these discussions and a different dimension is reflected in the public sphere and the style of politics. 2008 on Turkey’s economy contraction caused by the economic crisis, still drift toward uncertainty of relations with the EU, and thus began to emerge quest for social unrest has increased the legitimacy of political power. In this study, the direction and the framework of this change is primarily examined in the light of the sources that stand out in the literature, and the legal regulations made are analyzed on the basis of the statements of the political staff.
The Justice and Development Party Religion Secularism Freedom Political sphere
Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi Din Laiklik Özgürlük Siyasal alan
Birincil Dil | Türkçe |
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Konular | Siyaset Bilimi |
Bölüm | Makaleler |
Yazarlar | |
Yayımlanma Tarihi | 31 Ağustos 2021 |
Yayımlandığı Sayı | Yıl 2021 Cilt: 7 Sayı: 2 |
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