Description
Book SynopsisIn today's Turkey under the Justice and Development administration, it seems that religion becomes or is imposed as an important element of the Turkish national identity. The education system works as the channel for promoting this change. Thus, the case of Turkey is that of a nation-state that has been under construction since it emerged from a successful war of independence, and any analysis of policies needs to pay careful attention to the dominant state ideology. Set against the general historical background, this analysis examines and interprets the educational policies and decision-making in this area in relation to political ideologies. In fact, it is the series of Justice and Development Party (Adalet ve Kalkinma Partisi AKP) governments which, since the party's first election victory in 2002, have implemented several reforms so as to change educational thinking in Turkey. Within this framework and especially after 2002, Islam, and most specifically the Turkish political Is
Table of Contents
Introduction – Education and National State Building in Turkey – The Secular State and the National Education – Post World War Turkey and Education Realities – Kemalism, Islam and Nation in a Changing World – Changing the State, Changing Education– Combining Islam with the National State – Conclusions.
