Islam, Populism and Regime Change in Turkey explores the role of religion (Sunni, Hanefi Islam) in the transformation of Turkey under the reign of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Justice and Development Party (Adalet ve Kalkinma Partisi, AKP).

1. Turkish secularism and Islam under the reign of Erdogan M. Hakan Yavuz and Ahmet Erdi Öztürk 2. From 'clients' to 'magnates': the (not so) curious case of Islamic authoritarianism in Turkey Mehmet Arisan 3. Cold war era relations between West Germany and Turkish political Islam: from an anticommunist alliance to a domestic security issue Behlul Ozkan 4. Understanding Turkish secularism in the 21st century: a contextual roadmap M. Hakan Yavuz 5. An alternative reading of religion and authoritarianism: the new logic between religion and state in the AKP's New Turkey Ahmet Erdi Öztürk 6. The intersectionality of gender, sexuality, and religion: novelties and continuities in Turkey during the AKP era Nil Mutluer 7. Islam, ethnicity and the state: contested spaces of legitimacy and power in the Kurdish-Turkish public sphere Serhun Al 8. Islam and economics in the political sphere: a critical evaluation of the AKP era in Turkey Taptuk Emre Erkoc 9. The transformation of Turkey's Islamic media and its marriage with neo-liberalism Ceren Sözeri 10. From paradigm shift to retooling: the foundation and maintenance of the AKP Fatih Ceran