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Islam in Turkey

Index Islam in Turkey

Islam in Turkey, The established presence of Islam in the region that now constitutes modern Turkey dates back to the latter half of the 11th century, when the Seljuks started expanding into eastern Anatolia. [1]

42 relations: Alevi history, Çamlıca Republic Mosque, Çorum massacre, İsmailağa, Balkans, Christian emigration, Community of İskenderpaşa, Criticism of Twelver Shia Islam, Didymoteicho, Directorate of Religious Affairs, Diyanet (disambiguation), European Union–Turkey relations, Güngören, Midyat, Hagia Sophia, Hüseyin Hilmi Işık, Headscarf rights in Turkey, Index of Islam-related articles, Index of Turkey-related articles, Irreligion in Turkey, Islam and clothing, Islam by country, Islamic feminism, List of mosques, List of mosques in Istanbul, List of mosques in Turkey, Muslim Europe, Outline of Turkey, Population exchange between Greece and Turkey, Religion in Asia, Religion in Turkey, Sabancı Central Mosque, Sadovo, Süleymaniye Mosque, Secularism in Turkey, Shia Islam, Snow (Pamuk novel), Sultan Ahmed Mosque, Turkey, Turkish philosophy, Turks (term for Muslims), Women as imams, Xanthi.

Alevi history

The History of the Shī‘ah Imāmī Alevī Ṭarīqah or The History of the Alevism is that of a community of Shia Muslims of Anatolia and neighbouring regions.

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Çamlıca Republic Mosque

Çamlıca Republic Mosque in Istanbul, Turkey, is the largest mosque in Asia Minor and was inaugurated on 1 July 2016.

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Çorum massacre

The Çorum pogrom or Çorum massacres occurred in the province of Çorum in Turkey between May and July 1980.

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İsmailağa

İsmailağa Jamia or İsmail Ağa Jamia (İsmailağa Cemaati) is a branch of the Gümüşhanevî Dergâh of Nakşibendi-Khālidī Ṭarīqah (Sufi Order) in Turkey.

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Balkans

The Balkans, or the Balkan Peninsula, is a geographic area in southeastern Europe with various and disputed definitions.

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Christian emigration

The phenomenon of large-scale migration of Christians is the main reason why Christians' share of the population has been declining in many countries.

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Community of İskenderpaşa

İskenderpaşa Jamia or The Community of İskenderpaşa (İskenderpaşa Cemaati) is a branch of Naqshbandiyya-Khalidiyya Ṭarīqah (Sufi Order) in Turkey.

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Criticism of Twelver Shia Islam

Criticism of Twelver Shia Islam dates from the initial rift between the two primary denominations of Islam, the Sunni and the Shia.

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Didymoteicho

Didymóteicho (Διδυμότειχο) is a town located on the eastern edge of the Evros regional unit of East Macedonia and Thrace, in northeastern Greece.

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Directorate of Religious Affairs

In Turkey, the Directorate of Religious Affairs (Diyanet İşleri Başkanlığı, normally referred to simply as the Diyanet) is an official state institution established in 1924 under article 136 of the Constitution of Turkey by the Grand National Assembly of Turkey as a successor to the Shaykh al-Islām after the abolition of the Ottoman Caliphate.

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Diyanet (disambiguation)

Diyanet (a Turkish word for office or authority for Islamic religious affairs) may refer to.

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European Union–Turkey relations

Relations between the European Union (EU) and Turkey were established in 1959 and the institutional framework is shaped formally since 1963 Ankara Agreement.

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Güngören, Midyat

Güngören (Keferb) is a village in the Midyat district of Mardin Province, Turkey.

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Hagia Sophia

Hagia Sophia (from the Greek Αγία Σοφία,, "Holy Wisdom"; Sancta Sophia or Sancta Sapientia; Ayasofya) is a former Greek Orthodox Christian patriarchal basilica (church), later an Ottoman imperial mosque and now a museum (Ayasofya Müzesi) in Istanbul, Turkey.

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Hüseyin Hilmi Işık

Huseyin Hilmi Işık (March 8, 1911 - October 26, 2001) was a Turkish, Sunni Islamic scholar.

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Headscarf rights in Turkey

Turkey has been a secular state since it was founded by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk in 1923.

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Index of Islam-related articles

This is an alphabetical list of topics related to Islam, the history of Islam, Islamic culture, and the present-day Muslim world, intended to provide inspiration for the creation of new articles and categories.

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Index of Turkey-related articles

Articles (arranged alphabetically) related to Turkey include.

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Irreligion in Turkey

Irreligion in Turkey is uncommon.

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Islam and clothing

Islam says that the believing women should lower their gaze, guard their modesty, not display their beauty and ornaments except what (must ordinarily) appear thereof; that they should draw their veils over their bosoms and not display their beauty except to their husbands, their fathers, their husband's fathers, their sons, their husbands' sons, their brothers or their brothers' sons, or their sisters' sons, or their women, Foster brother, and that they should not strike their feet in order to draw attention to their hidden ornaments.

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Islam by country

Adherents of Islam constitute the world's second largest religious group.

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Islamic feminism

A combination of Islam and feminism has been advocated as "a feminist discourse and practice articulated within an Islamic paradigm" by Margot Badran in 2002.

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List of mosques

This is an incomplete list of some of the more famous mosques around the world.

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List of mosques in Istanbul

Istanbul, as the capital of the Ottoman Empire since 1453 and the largest city in the Middle East, contains a great number of mosques.

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List of mosques in Turkey

This is a list of mosques in Turkey.

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Muslim Europe

The term Muslim Europe is used for the predominantly Muslim countries of Europe, including Muslim-majority Turkey, Kosovo and Albania, and a plurality in Bosnia and Herzegovina; it is also used for the Muslim community in Europe (see Islam in Europe).

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Outline of Turkey

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Turkey: Turkey – sovereign Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in Southwest Asia and Thrace (Rumelia) at the southeastern tip of the Balkan Peninsula in Southern Europe.

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Population exchange between Greece and Turkey

The 1923 population exchange between Greece and Turkey (Ἡ Ἀνταλλαγή, Mübâdele) stemmed from the "Convention Concerning the Exchange of Greek and Turkish Populations" signed at Lausanne, Switzerland, on 30 January 1923, by the governments of Greece and Turkey.

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Religion in Asia

Asia is the largest and most populous continent, with a wide variety of religions, and was the birthplace of many religions such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Islam, Jainism, Christianity, Judaism, Shintoism, Sikhism, Taoism, and Zoroastrianism.

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Religion in Turkey

Islam is the largest religion in Turkey according to the state, with 99.8% of the population being automatically registered by the state as Muslim, for anyone whose parents are not of any other officially recognised religion.

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Sabancı Central Mosque

Sabancı Central Mosque (Sabancı Merkez Camii) in Adana is the largest mosque in Turkey.

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Sadovo

Sadovo (Садово) is a small town in Sadovo Municipality, Plovdiv Province, central Bulgaria, and the administrative center of Plovdiv.

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Süleymaniye Mosque

The Süleymaniye Mosque (Süleymaniye Camii) is an Ottoman imperial mosque located on the Third Hill of Istanbul, Turkey.

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Secularism in Turkey

Secularism in Turkey defines the relationship between religion and state in the country of Turkey.

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Shia Islam

Shia (شيعة Shīʿah, from Shīʻatu ʻAlī, "followers of Ali") is a branch of Islam which holds that the Islamic prophet Muhammad designated Ali ibn Abi Talib as his successor (Imam), most notably at the event of Ghadir Khumm.

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Snow (Pamuk novel)

Snow (Kar) is a novel by Turkish writer Orhan Pamuk.

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Sultan Ahmed Mosque

The Sultan Ahmed Mosque or Sultan Ahmet Mosque (Sultan Ahmet Camii) is a historic mosque located in Istanbul, Turkey.

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Turkey

Turkey (Türkiye), officially the Republic of Turkey (Türkiye Cumhuriyeti), is a transcontinental country in Eurasia, mainly in Anatolia in Western Asia, with a smaller portion on the Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe.

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Turkish philosophy

Turkish philosophy has long been affected by Islam and the country's proximity to Greece and ancient Greek philosophy.

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Turks (term for Muslims)

The ethnonym Turks (Τούρκοι/Tourkoi, Turci/Турци) has been commonly used by the non-Muslim Balkan peoples to denote Muslims, regardless of ethno-linguistic background.

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Women as imams

There is a current controversy among Muslims regarding the circumstances in which women may act as imams, i.e. to lead a congregation in salah (prayer).

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Xanthi

Xanthi (Ξάνθη, Xánthi) is a city in Thrace, northeastern Greece.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_in_Turkey

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