God Is dying in Turkey as well: Application of secularization theory to a Non-Christian society

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dc.contributor.authorErtit, Volkan
dc.date.accessioned13.07.201910:50:10
dc.date.accessioned2019-07-16T09:17:26Z
dc.date.available13.07.201910:50:10
dc.date.available2019-07-16T09:17:26Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.departmentSabire Yazıcı Fen Edebiyat Fakültesi
dc.description.abstractIt has been stated in academic studies and popular media that Islam began its rise in dominance in Turkey with the accession of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) to power in 2002 under the leadership of Recep Tayyip Erdogan. However, contrary to claims of societal Islamization, in light of quantitative and qualitative studies this study argues that despite the AKP and its leader Erdogan being in power, the following evidence has been observed in Turkey: praying rates have decreased, extramarital sexual relationship has become prevalent, the number of mosques per person has decreased, the belief in virginity is a point of honour for fewer people, people's clothes have become more flatteringly form-fitting and more attractive, including women's head-scarves; secular experts rather than religious officials are being sought for help concerning problems in daily life, homosexuality has become more socially acceptable visible, traditional family structures has been shattered. Therefore, it is claimed that AKP (or Erdogan) has failed in efforts to Islamize Turkey over the past 15 years (2002-2017) despite having all the governmental means and opportunities to do so. This study argues that the classical theory of secularization, which claims that modernization leads to secularization, can still explain not only the social transformation seen in historically Christian and Western European countries and their offshoots, but also the social transformation of Turkey, a Muslim-majority country that has been governed for the past 15 years by a political party with clear Islamic sensitivities.
dc.identifier.doi10.1515/opth-2018-0014
dc.identifier.endpage211en_US
dc.identifier.issn2300-6579
dc.identifier.issue1en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1
dc.identifier.startpage192en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1515/opth-2018-0014
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12451/4749
dc.identifier.volume4en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000437891800003
dc.identifier.wosqualityN/A
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherDe Gruyter Open Ltd
dc.relation.ispartofOpen Theology
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subjectSecularization
dc.subjectSecularization of Turkey
dc.subjectSecularization Theory
dc.subjectModernization
dc.subjectSecularization in Islam
dc.titleGod Is dying in Turkey as well: Application of secularization theory to a Non-Christian society
dc.typeArticle

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