Table of Contents

1. Introduction 2. Locating the Ottoman Alevis (Kizilbas) 3. Religious Dimension in Mahmut 2nd's Reforms 4. Religion in Late Ottoman Education 5. Economic Modernization and Secularization in the Late Ottoman Empire 6. Institutional and Other Memories in Contemporary Turkish Islam 7. Recep Tayyip Erdogan: From Mayor To Prime Minister8. The Political Economy of Islam and Democracy: The Prospects For Democratic Consolidation9. Religion, Transnationalism and Turks in Europe10. The Mystery of the Turban Issue in Turkish Politics 11. Alevis in Turkey 12. Political Preferences of the Turkish Electorate: Reflections of an Alevi-Sunni Cleavage13. Is an Islamic Democracy Viable in the Turkish Context? 14. Muslim and Christian Democrats: A Comparative Assessment15. Explaining Religious Politics at the Crossroads: AKP and SP 16. Conclusion

About the Author

Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya, Israel Bogacizi University, Turkey