Mainstream academic and policy literature emphasizes the nexus between an active and
vibrant civil society sector and greater political accountability. As a result, support for civil …

Over the past few decades there has been a great deal of interest in the academic literature
on the relationship between civil society organizations (CSOs) and the state, and the impact …

The Islamist Justice and Development Party (Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi, henceforth AKP)
came to power in 2002 with the promise of consolidating democracy and strengthening civil …

Civil society is often seen as male, structured in a way that excludes women from public and
political life. Much feminist scholarship sees civil society and feminism as incompatible a …

Öz Başörtüsü Türkiye siyasetinin tartışmalı konularından biridir. Seküler elitler başörtüsünü
devletin seküler yapısına bir tehdit olarak görmüş ve kamu kuruluşlarında yasaklamak için …

This book provides a critical discussion on how different discourses of nationalism in the
Turkish media construct contested concepts of New Turkey's identity, which has great …

The thesis aims to question the changing dynamics of the headscarf question in Turkey.
Based on in-depth interviews with women who took off their headscarves, the research …

This chapter analyzes the origins and the development of human rights organizations in
Turkey since 1945. It first offers an overview of the limited number of elite organizations …

This chapter describes the social and political background and context of ethnographic
discourses on women and Islam in Turkey. Extending the scope beyond a mere …

Abstract Menyusul terbitnya Surat Keputusan Bersama (SKB) tentang PenggunaanSeragam
dan Atribut di Sekolah Negeri untuk Pendidikan Dasar dan Menengaholeh Kementerian …