Islamist capital accumulation has split the Turkish bourgeoisie and polarized Turkish society into secular and religious social groupings, giving rise to conflicts between the state and political Islam. By providing a long-term historical perspective on Turkey's economy and its relationship to Islamism, this volume explores how Islamism as a political ideology has been utilized by the conservative bourgeoisie in Turkey, and elsewhere, to establish hegemony over labor. The contributors analyze the relationship between neoliberalism and the political fortunes of the Islamist Justice and Development Party (AKP), and examine the similarities and differences amongst new factions in the secular and Islamic middle class that have benefited economically, socially, and culturally during the AKP's reign. The articles also investigate the impact of the Gulen Movement and the role of the media in shaping the contours of intra-class struggle within contemporary Turkish political and social life.
List of Figures and Tables Introduction Chapter 1. Islamism: A Comparative-Historical Overview Burak Gurel Chapter 2. Class, State and Religion in Turkey Sungur Savran Chapter 3. The Deep Fracture in the Big Bourgeoisie of Turkey Kurtar Tanyilmaz, translated by Osman Balkan Chapter 4. Islamist Big Bourgeoisie in Turkey Ozgur Ozturk Chapter 5. Islamic Capital Evren Hosgor Chapter 6. Reproduction of the Islamic Middle Class in Turkey Erol Balkan and Ahmet Oncu Chapter 7. The Question of AKP Hegemony: Consent Without Consensus Evren Hosgor Chapter 8. Globalization, Islamic Activism, and Passive Revolution in Turkey: The Case of Fethullah Gulen Joshua Hendrick Chapter 9. The Laic-Islamic Schism in the Turkish Dominant Class and the Media Anita Ogurlu and Ahmet Oncu Notes on Contributors
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