This book analyzes the nation building process in Turkey from a socio-historical perspective. Authors compare the nation-building process in the Republic period with the pro-Islamists of the JDP period.

• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Ch01. The Relationship between Nation-Building, Islam, and Islamism in Turkey
• Ch02. Religion in the Dialectic of Turkish Nation-Building and the Case of the Justice and Development Party
• Ch03. Nation-Building and the Religion-State Relations in Turkey: The Presidency of Religious Affairs
• Ch04. Laiklik and Nation-Building: HowState–Religion–Society Relations Changed in Turkey under the Justice and Development Party
• Ch05. Nation-Building and Gender Regime in Turkey
• Ch06. Why Afet İnan Had to Measure Skulls
• Ch07. Towards an Islamic Patriarchal Society in Turkey?: Changing Gender Roles in the Secondary School Social Studies Textbooks
• Ch08. (Re)construction of Turkish National Identity in Urban Space: Transformation of İstanbul’s Panorama Under JDP Rule
• Conclusion
• Index
• About the Authors