This book questions the 'role model' status of the Turkish Republic with respect to the advancement of female agency in a secular context by using the study of

With the rise to power of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) in the early 2000s in Turkey, the headscarf that used be looked down upon by the secular middl

With the rise to power of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) in the early 2000s in Turkey, the headscarf that used be looked down upon by the secular middl

On May 2nd 1999, Merve Kavakçı walked into the Turkish Grand National Assembly to take her oath of office as a member of Turkish Parliament, wearing her Islam

Over the past few years, secularism has become an intrinsic component of discussions on religious freedom and religious governance. The question of whether stat