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Abstract
This article analyzes how government by a party rooted in moderate Islamism may affect Turkey’s secular democracy, development, and external relations. The article maintains that democratic consolidation may secure further consolidation of Turkish secularism and sustainable moderation of Turkish political Islam. Besides, democratic consolidation requires strong democratic-secularist political parties so that secularist and moderate-Islamist civilian actors check and balance each other. This paper also discusses whether there is a real opposition movement in Turkey, by focusing mainly on political Islam. The main argument of the study is that although political Islam is currently the most distinguished oppositional voice, it is also articulated to the state tradition.
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