{"product_id":"the-enduring-hold-of-islam-in-turkey-the-revival-of-the-religious-orders-and-rise-of-erdogan-9781911723837","title":"The Enduring Hold of Islam in Turkey: The Revival of the Religious Orders and Rise of Erdogan","description":"This is the first account in English of how Islamic religious orders dating back to Ottoman times have risen to dominate and define the future of Turkey, Europe's awkward neighbor and the major power in the Eastern Mediterranean. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGiven its determined program of secularizing the people both under and after the Ataturk regime, Turkey is often projected as a model for the compatibility of Islam with parliamentary democracy. In this absorbing book, journalist and writer David S. Tonge reveals the limitations of that secularization, and its progressive reversal, in what continues to be a profoundly religious country. He describes how Muslim Turks' religious identity has been taken over by branches of one of Islam's great religious orders, the Naqshbandis, whose profoundly anti-Western ethos was honed by British and French colonial incursions into the heartland of their faith. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTonge's history offers a salutary alternative to the wishful narrative developed by Western chancelleries during the Cold War, one which viewed Turkey as a westernizing democracy. The revival of both Turkish nationalism and Islam helped President Erdogan's rise to power, and will shape the regime that succeeds him--illuminating and understanding Turkey's realities of faith and religious politics has never been more important.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDavid S. Tonge has lived half of his life in Turkey. A scholar of Magdalene College, University of Cambridge, he reported from Ankara and Athens for the BBC, Guardian and Observer, then from London as the \u003cem\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/em\u003e' diplomatic correspondent. The author of \u003cem\u003eThe Kremlin's Confidant\u003c\/em\u003e, he grows citrus and olives.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Hurst \u0026 Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50877843603730,"sku":"9781911723837","price":62.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ad651a45-fa8d-402f-866a-e48e5527fd4d.jpg?v=1739000207","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-enduring-hold-of-islam-in-turkey-the-revival-of-the-religious-orders-and-rise-of-erdogan-9781911723837","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}