%0 Journal Article
%T Turkish political Islam¡¯s failure
%A Cengiz Aktar
%J Philosophy & Social Criticism
%@ 1461-734X
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/0191453718823024
%X The article argues that the failure of political Islam in Turkey is correlated with the characteristics of the polity that are broadly undemocratic. Political Islam not only failed to propose a new narrative but produced the so-called New Turkey that displays familiar totalitarian features. The article examines the approaches political Islam used to assert its rule, namely, dewesternization, Islam¡¯s nationalization and instrumentalization, majoritarianism, empowering devout masses, and synergizing with the undemocratic culture
%K dewesternization
%K majoritarianism
%K New Turkey
%K totalitarianism
%K Turkish political Islam
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0191453718823024