ABSTRACT
The present work deals with the question of secularism in modem Turkey. Secularism is a doctrine that claims a strict separation between religion and politics and advocates a limited role for religion in society. Secularization, on the other hand, is ~ sociological process which takes place as a result of factors beyond the control of the individual, and through which religious institutions and practices are differentiated from other spheres of activity in society. In this process, religion is kept apart from family life, education, economics and political life, and becomes a separate institution, with its main anchor in the individual conscience.
