Introduction : what is an Islamic party; is the AKP an Islamic party?
Historical and ideological background
Political and economic origins of the AKP : opportunity spaces and the backlash of February 28, 1997
Ideology, leadership and organization
Kabadayı and mağdur : Erdoğan and Gül
Modes of secularism
The Kurdish question and the AKP
The political crisis and the 2007 elections
Conclusion : the end of dual sovereignty and the creole political language.
Secularism and Muslim democracy in Turkey by M. Hakan Yavuz. ISBN 9780521717328. Published by Cambridge University Press in 2009. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.