This book brings together historians, political scientists, social anthropologists and legal scholars from Turkey and the EU. The authors address questions such as the role of religion in EU membership debates, religious parties in Turkey and Europe, religion and European security, freedom of religion and minority rights in Turkey and the EU.

Autorentext

DIETRICH JUNG is a Senior Researcher at the Danish Institute for International Studies, Denmark.
CATHERINA RAUVERE is Professor of History of Religions at Copenhagen University, Denmark.

Inhalt
Introduction, Turkey: European Dimensions and the Status of Islam; D.Jung & C.Raudvere PART I: TURKEY AND THE EU RELIGION AND POLITICS Religion as an Argument in the Debate on Turkish EU Membership; K.Kirisci Civilization and EU-Turkey Relations; D.Kuzmanovic PART II: TURKEY AND THE EU RELIGION AND HISTORY Europe and Turkey: Does Religion Matter?; N.Bilge Criss Adnan Menderes, Islam and his Conflict with the One-Party Era Establishment; M.Pelt PART III: TURKEY AND THE EU RELIGION AND SECURITY 'Secularism:' A Key to Turkish Politics?; D.Jung The Politics of Security and Secularism in Turkey. From the Early Republican Era to EU Accession Negotiations; P.Bilgin PART IV: TURKEY AND THE EU RELIGION AND MINORITY POLITICS Religion, Politics and the Politics of Religion in Turkey; I.Gözaydin The Alevis a 'New' Religious Minority? Identity Politics in Turkey and Its Relation to the EU Integration Process; E.Özdalga Turkish Migrants, Social Capital and Culturalist Discourse in Turkey-EU Relations; T.Kucukcan