Turkey 2002: Kemalism, Islamism, and Politics in the Light of the February 28 Process

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Turkey 2002: Kemalism, Islamism, and Politics in the Light of the February 28 ProcessIn the s, Turkish politics witnessed the fragmentation of the political center and the rise of the Islamist Welfare Party (Refah Partisi, or RP) from fringe party to a major partner in the coalition government, Refahyol, it formed with the center-right True Path Party (Doğru Yol Partisi, or DYP) in June .With the benefit of hindsight, one might suggest that the Turkish military took the accession of the RP into government as confirmation of its belief that Islamist reactionism, irtica in Turkish, had become a substantial threat to the secular character of the republic.Consequently, on February , , the military-dominated National Security Council (NSC) issued the Refahyol coalition government with a list of measures designed to nullify the supposed Islamization of Turkey and fortify the secular system.Subsequent pressure from the NSC, in tandem with the civilian component of the secular establishment, led to the collapse of the coalition government in June .The ousting of the Refahyol government signaled the start of the military's plan to refashion Turkey's political landscape along Kemalist linesThe South Atlantic Quarterly :/, Spring/Summer .

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