@article{2016,title={Rethinking State-Religion Relatonship in Turkey and Tunisia afer Independance},abstractNode={Recent developments in the Middle East reveal how religion and politcs are affected. The uprising of Muslim peoples against authoritarian regimes that have been pressuring them for many years shows that religion is an important dynamic that motvates societes. The dictatorships have become openly questoned in the process of the Arab Spring which began in Tunisia and spread to Egypt and other Middle East countries. Thus the Arab peoples have begun to voice their demands for freedom, justce and democracy with a higher voice. On the other side, Turkey, on the other hand, stands out as a Muslim country closely followed by the reforms it has carried out. The new Turkish model which has been put forward as a guarantee of religious freedoms instead of being a public repressive tool of laicism has also been a source of hope for Muslim societes whose rights are taken away from them on the grounds of “modernizaton” and “progress” for many years. This artcle examines the transformaton of authoritarian secularism and religion-state relatons in the light of Turkey and Tunisia.},author={ -Hatice Rumeysa DURSUN - Ali COŞKUN },year={2016},journal={Toplum Bilimleri Dergisi}}