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Comparing Islamic Resurgence Movements in Turkey and Iran
- The Middle East Journal
- Middle East Institute
- Volume 63, Number 1, Winter 2009
- pp. 87-107
- Article
- Additional Information
This article examines and compares the Islamic resurgence movements in Iran between the 1950s to the revolution of 1979 and in Turkey from the 1950s to the present. It focuses on wide-ranging socioeconomic, political, ideological, psychological, historical, and cultural factors, in addition to the religious and spiritual motivations, behind the phenomenon of Islamic revivalism and intends to find the similarities and/or differences between the Islamization movements in both countries.