Comparing Islamic Resurgence Movements in Turkey and Iran Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • This article examines and compares the Islamic resurgence movements in Iran between the 1950s to the revolution of 1979 and in Turkey from the 1950s to the present. It focuses on wide-ranging socioeconomic, political, ideological, psychological, historical, and cultural factors, in addition to the religious and spiritual motivations, behind the phenomenon of Islamic revivalism and intends to find the similarities and/or differences between the Islamization movements in both countries.

published proceedings

  • MIDDLE EAST JOURNAL

altmetric score

  • 3

author list (cited authors)

  • Karasipahi, S.

citation count

  • 9

complete list of authors

  • Karasipahi, Sena

publication date

  • January 2009