ABSTRACT
The Turkish involvement with Islam provides vivid examples of how a religion affects a people and how a people affect a religion. This article traces the story of that involvement from the adoption of various forms of Islam by the Turks, through their rise to become the strongest champions of the faith, their subsequent decline, loss of empire, proclamation of secularism in the Republic and on to the present where the struggle over the place of Islam in the state is still being fought.
