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  • von Ayhan Kaya

    Ever since President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan came to political power in Turkey, he has tried to reconcile different ideological and cultural elements of communication. These elements have to do with a hierarchical way of organising power as well as with attempts to legitimise a specific form of Turkish modernity that is linked to the beliefs and culture of traditional Islam. By mainly referring to a speech made by Erdoğan at the third National Culture Forum in Istanbul on 3 March 2017, this essay aims to show the ways in which modernisation, Europe-anisation, and civilisation are perceived by the ruling Justice and Development Party (JDP, turkish Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi) elite in Turkey.