Islamist Mobilization in Turkey: A Study in Vernacular Politics

Index

Abant Platform, 112 Açık Oturum, 11, 13 activism, political, 77, 175; secular, 242–60 Adelkah, Fariba, 270–71 Afghanistan, 169, 275, 276 age, 29, 68, 210. See also generation and politics agriculture, 114 AK Party. See Justice and Development Party Alawites. See Alevi Alevi, 71, 109, 278, 279 Algeria, 25, 34 Anatolia, 115 Ankara, 3, 35, 36-37, 39, 42, 47, 54, 108, 116, 136, 145, 174, 195, 198, 207 Arabesk, 55 Arabic language, 12, 33, 53; and Quranic interpretation, 24 Arat, Yeşim, 234 Asena, Duygu, 205 associations, 16, 23, 64, 66, 69, 70, 111, 179, 193, 194, 198, 200, 203, 207, 208, 247, 256; history of, 201–9; secularist, 260. See also civic organizations; clubs; foundations; Islamic organizations; mutual aid societies ; women Ataturk, Mustafa Kemal, 59, 94; ideas of, 8, 31, 259; image of, 55, 56, 109, 116, 203, 255; and Islamists, 59, 115, 134, 148, 274; reforms of, 30, 31, 33–36, 58, 117, 142, 202; and Republican People’s Party, 104, 115, 129, 277 authenticity, 23, 46, 277 authority, 24, 105, 170, 212, 236 autonomy, 22, 26, 27, 69, 179, 234 Bayat, Asef, 27, 264 beard, 48, 56, 120, 121, 128, 163, 171, 187, 225, 246. See also hair Bektaşi, 108 Bible, 268 Bilgi University, 55 Bin Laden, Osama, 275 Bingöl, Mehmet, 159, 171 Black Sea, 84, 88 Bosnia, 213 Bradley, Bill, 268 INDEX 290 · Index Braudel, Fernand, 126 bride: choice of, 88, 89; qualities of, 92; treatment of, 216 bride wealth, 64, 98. See also dowry; gold Bush, George W., 268 business, Islamic, 48, 115, 221, 229, 279 Cairo, 27, 264 caliphate, 34 capital: financial, 45, 95, 163–64, 207; relational, 124; social, 46, capitalism, 23, 124, 262. See also markets Carapico, Sheila, 165 çarşaf, 51 Çelik, Mustafa, 140 cells, 21, 72, 121, 181, 199, 239, 242, 244, 245, 249, 257–58, 268 Central Asia, 34, 41, 112, 143, 207, 276 charity and charities, 27, 48, 100, 115, 168, 175, 178, 181, 187, 193, 200, 201 chastity, 65. See also virginity Chatterjee, Partha, 262 Chechnya, 85, 186 childbirth, 94, 218 children, 202, 241, 256; and activism, 73, 78, 213, 236–37; value of, 68, 98; and work, 233 Christian churches, 280; megachurches , x, 268–69 Christians, 13 Christmas, 107, 108 Çiller, Tansu, 95, 116, 119, 122, 156 citizen, 74, 106, 159, 162, 164, 176, 261 civic organizations, 10, 19, 21, 22, 27, 165, 176, 179, 243, 258, 265; assistance by, 181, 190; and family relations , 70; harassment of, 136; informal, 70, 121; and megachurches, 269; and modernity , 258; and political parties, 103, 177, 179, 180, 273–74; and social class, 253; in squatter areas, 106, 111; women’s, 115, 249. See also associations; clubs; foundations; Islamic organizations; organizations civil society, ix, xii, 5, 6, 27, 104, 179, 199, 204, 206–7, 209, 210, 249–50, 259, 262–64; and democracy, 7; diversity of, 205; as income, 66; and individualism, 21, 27; and Islam, 112; and liberalism, 27, 55; and politics, 200, 211, 262, 273; and religious organizations, 268; as sharia, 169 class. See social class clinic, municipal, 18, 171–2, 194, 197 clubs, 200, 201, 208; rotating savings, 218, 280 coffee house, 61, 64, 66, 85, 93, 94, 258 collectivism, 21, 67, 68; and activism, 72, 73; and schools, 68 communication, 23, 204. See also Internet; publications; radio; telephone ; television community, 7; and activism, 75; and assistance, 69–71; and identity, 75; religious (cemaat), 110, 111; and values, 24, 70, 75 communism, 124 computers, 120, 121, 157, 191, 194, 198, 215, 218–19, 226, 231, 237, 241 confederation of faith. See religious federalism Constitution, 201–2, 204, 274 Constitutional Court, 136, 203, 274 consumerism, 24 cooperative housing, 82 cooperative partnership, 69 corruption, 79, 100, 106, 119, 121, 122, 133, 145, 148, 164, 195, 196, 276 Coşkun, Ahmet Hakan, 140 coup: of 1960, 203; of 1971, 114, 204; of 1980, 39, 70, 113, 115, 204, 257, 257, 270; “soft,” 119 credit, 148. See also debt crime, 66, 82, 203, 274 cultural politics, 24, 227. See also identity politics Darnton, Robert, 7 debt, 98, 184, 279. See also loans decentralization, 126, 133, 145 “deep state,” 123 Delaney, Carol, 69, 70, 199 Demirel, Süleyman, 114, 138, 142143 , 170 democracy, 6, 11, 12, 13, 57, 58, 71, 79, 104, 114; and civil society, 263, 265; and culture, 156, 167-168; and head scarf ban, 235; and Islam, 25, 111, 112, 127...