Turkish civil society divided by the headscarf ban

被引:6
作者
Akboga, Sema [1 ]
机构
[1] Koc Univ, Istanbul, Turkey
关键词
headscarf ban; Turkey; secularism; civil society organizations; Islam; democracy; DEMOCRATIZATION;
D O I
10.1080/13510347.2012.751976
中图分类号
D0 [政治学、政治理论];
学科分类号
0302 ; 030201 ;
摘要
The headscarf ban at universities and public offices in Turkey caused many debates over women's rights and freedoms. Civil society organizations, which are known as agents of democratization, have been an important part of these debates. Drawing on the literature on the relationship between civil society, democracy, and Islam, this article investigates how Islamic, Kemalist secular, and non-Kemalist secular organizations support their stance towards the headscarf ban and react to critical developments regarding the ban. The discourse of the organizations is analysed using their press releases and in-depth interviews with the presidents of the organizations. By declaring the headscarf as anti-secular, anti-modern, and oppressive, Kemalist secular organizations reproduce official state ideology. The various ways in which Islamic organizations frame their stance on the headscarf issue on the other hand suggest that Islamic organizations could be just as democratic as many other secular movements. Furthermore, the fact that non-Kemalist secular organizations are critical of the headscarf ban makes them much closer to Islamic organizations than Kemalist secular organizations.
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页码:610 / 633
页数:24
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