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The vast majority of the present-day Turkish people are Muslim and the Sunni Islam is the most populous Islamic sect, comprising about 90% of the Muslims in the country. The most popular school of law is the Hanafite madh'hab of Sunni Islam.
Religion in Turkey consists of various religious beliefs. While Turkey is officially a secular state, numerous surveys all show that Islam is the country's most common religion. Published data on the proportion of people in Turkey who follow Islam vary.
The most prevalent form of Islam practiced in Turkey is Sunni Islam — another departure from neighboring countries where most people adhere to Shia Islam. Turkey is also known for its Sufi community, an Islamic mystic tradition associated with the city of Konya and the poet Rumi.
Islam in Turkey. Most Turks are Sunni Muslims; that is, they are among the majority of Islamic believers. There are Shiite (Shi’a) and Alaouite (Alevi) minorities as well.
Islam in Turkey. Turkey is a predominantly Islamic country, where up to 99% of Turks are Muslim. Turkish Muslims are largely Sunni, and follow the Hanafi school of legal jurisprudence. Alevi Muslims make up anywhere between 15-20%, and smaller Ja’afari Shi’a Muslim communities are present.
An ethnographic study of the rise of political Islam in the 1990s and its impact on the perceptions of Turkish secularism. Based on interviews and personal profiles, the book catalogues the return of Islam as a social and political force and its relevance for such notions as democracy and religious minorities.
The various expressions of Islam in Turkish culture and society have been studied in the context of such grand narratives as tradition, modernity, postmodernity, Islam-West relations, secularism, secularization, and religious revival and reform.
